Hull City transfer talk: Vincent Aboubakar, Mevlut Erding and Islam Slimani

Our daily blog with the latest news, transfer rumours and gossip about Hull City in the Premier League.Like HDM Sport on Facebook or follow us on Twitter. THE Tigers are preparing a potential club-record £9m move to lure Lorient's Vincent Aboubakar to the KC Stadium, the national press are reporting today. Countless papers, including the Daily Mail and The Mirror, claim Steve Bruce has set his sights on the 22-year-old after missing out on Manchester United's Danny Welbeck and Watford's Troy Deeney. Funds are available due to the £12m sale of Shane Long to Southampton, but Bruce has stated his desire to invest the money into three players. If the figure is correct, Aboubakar would take up 75% of that cash, a pretty hefty chunk. The Cameroon international made 35 appearances in his first season in France, netting 16 goals and has already opened his scoring account with the national squad. He's said to have impressed major clubs around France and is highly regarded. Should Aboubakar sign, he would be City's club-record buy. Will he sign? We'll wait and see.Erding 'eading to 'ull? ANOTHER striker who's been linked with a move to the KC Stadium is St Etienne's Mevlut Erding.The Daily Mail say the Tigers are battling it out with QPR over the forward, with the fee touted at £7m. Rangers currently hold the advantage, with Erding's agent Willie McKay confirming Harry Redknapp has already enquired about the player. Speaking to Sky Sports, McKay said: "Erding is probably one of the most in-form strikers in Europe having scored three goals in the opening two games after ending last season in prolific form. "I am not surprised that he is attracting interest from a number of clubs and QPR are one club who have expressed an interest. "Erding is available for around £7million and at the age of 27 he could prove to be a real bargain for someone in the Premier League as I am sure he would score goals in England." The Turkish international has started the new Ligue 1 season in red-hot form with three goals in two games to help Saint Etienne to the top of the table.Tigers to hijack Leicester move for Slimani? IT'S a hat-trick of transfer links for strikers today for Hull City. The Times say they are interested in Sporting Lisbon forward Islam Slimani– and could hijack Premier League rivals Leicester's move for the 26-year-old. The Algerian striker scored eight goals for Lisbon last season when mostly used as a substitute, and scored twice for the national side in the 2014 World Cup. The Foxes had a £6m offer turned down, and West Ham withdrew their interest.McGregor and Chester in Team of the Week CONGRATULATIONS to City's Allan McGregor and James Chester after being named in the WhoScored.com Team of the Week. The statisticians compile all sorts of data to work out the squad, and only Liverpool and Sunderland can equal City's representation in the team with two players. Check out the full team below.

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Alan Smith: Steve Bruce's good business EX-ARSENAL striker Alan Smith has lavished praised Steve Bruce's transfer dealings so far this summer – even when business is far from over. Profiting £5m from the sale of Shane Long, Smith says the shrewd recruitment of the likes of Jake Livermore, Tom Ince and Robert Snodgrass will prove fruitful in the 2014/15 campaign. Smith told The Telegraph: "If West Bromwich Albion's decision to sell Shane Long seemed strange at the time, it looks even more unwise now after Hull City made a £5m profit in the space of seven months by selling him on to Southampton. "Steve Bruce continues to use the transfer market cannily. Robert Snodgrass (though he got injured) and Tom Ince look decent signings, both involved in the win at Queens Park Rangers."Ex-Tiger Featherstone to sign for Scunny AND finally, former Tigers midfielder Nicky Featherstone is likely to become the next player to sign for Scunthorpe United later in the week, the Scunthorpe Telegraph say. The 25-year-old is currently a free agent but the Telegraph understands he will be offered non-contract terms by the Iron having impressed sufficiently during a trial with the club.