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Hull City defender Harry Maguire is unlikely to return to Sheffield United this season.
Nigel Clough has made no secret of his interest in striking a loan deal for the central defender, who was bought by the Tigers for £2.5m during the close season, but is already identifying alternative targets.![Get Adobe Flash player]()
Maguire has yet to make a Premier League start and, after City failed to qualify for the Europa League group stages, it is possible Steve Bruce may allow him to leave on a temporary loan deal.
However, City are likely to favour a Championship berth for the highly rated 21-year-old star.
"Harry is Hull City's player and so it would be disrespectful to discuss him in detail," United's managing director Mal Branningan told James Shield of the Sheffield Star. "But if the opportunity to speak with him did materialise then it's one we would accept."
Brannigan said United had had a "substantive bid" for a Championship defender turned down before the recent transfer deadline, and will now look to strengthen in the loan market.Tom Ince: We won't let the racists win
Hull City's Tom Ince insists he will be ready to return to Serbia if England's under-21s are drawn against them in the Euro 2015 play-offs.
England will discover on Friday who they must beat next month in order to reach the European Championship finals for a fifth consecutive tournament.
The seedings mean England could meet Serbia for the first time since the infamous match in Krusevac two years ago which was scarred by racism and violence.
Ince was one of several players racially abused and received a one-match UEFA ban for allegedly taking part in a brawl at the end of a game England won 1-0.
"The experience will never leave me," Ince told the Daily Mail.
"But it would not stop me from going back there and representing my country.
"I'm a footballer and if England ask me to play I will, no matter what the circumstances.
"I understand why some people would call for us to boycott the game after what happened last time but if we refused to play them then the racists and the idiots would have won."Tigers face Baggies in behind-closed-doors friendly
Hull City will face West Bromwich Albion in a behind-closed-doors Under-21 friendly tomorrow.
The Baggies want to assess the fitness levels of several of their summer signings and expect Steve Bruce to blood some of his new recruits.
England defender Joleon Lescott is one of those marked down for potential involvement against the Tigers– along with the likes of Cristian Gamboa, Silvestre Varela and Sebastian Blanco. Georgios Samaras and James Morrison could also get game time, depending on their involvement for Greece and Scotland.
Head coach Alan Irvine told the Baggies' official website: "We've got an Under-21 friendly here on Tuesday and I would love to be able to play players in that game who need to play. Ideally I would want to be including all of them.
"It is scheduled as an Under-21 friendly but I think with Hull's five signings on deadline day and us trying to get players bedded in, I would think it will end up being a game for a whole load of players that Steve Bruce, Hull manager doesn't know very well and I don't know very well."
