Championship - Folan set for Hull exit

Eurosport - Fri, 11 Sep 14:27:00 2009

Newcastle and Middlesbrough have been put on alert after Phil Brown gave Caleb Folan the green light to leave Hull.

FOOTBALL Hull striker Caleb Folan who has been told he can leave. Newcastle and Middlesbrough are keen. - 0

Ireland striker Folan (pictured), who last scored on the opening day of last season, has started all four of the club's Premier League games to date but has been left out of the 20-man squad for the game at Sunderland.

The arrivals of forwards Kamil Ghilas, Jozy Altidore and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink has increased competition and although the transfer window is now shut, Brown hinted a loan deal could be close, with other fringe players potentially following.

"Championship clubs are beckoning for maybe four or five of our players and maybe some need to go out on loan," he said. "There's been an enquiry for Caleb from Middlesbrough and also an enquiry from Newcastle," said Brown.

"I've spoken to (Boro boss) Gareth Southgate on two or three occasions and now we're leaving it to the businessmen to draft a deal.

"We've also had an enquiry from Reading for Bryan Hughes and for Daniel Cousin from Newcastle.

"We've had a number of enquiries about players who are not in the squad, that's football."

PA Sport

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  1. SHAUN, stop making yourself look like a fool, Hull last­ season were a statistically a better football club­ than newcastle, the results are there in print, you­ were not good enough to remain in the top flight and­ hull were! You slate Ashley for not putting his hand in­ his pocket, well who paid the wage bill when everyone­ was turning against him? Talking of turning, you turned­ on everyone when things didn't go your way, all the­ "messiahs" were hounded out, the players­ attitudes stank, you became a club not about football­ but about money, look at the morning when training­ started everyone was there bright and early, laughing­ and joking, making sure there was no reason to sack­ them, Owen sat out his contract quite content to play­ with his horses, £125k a week and he couldn't be­ arsed to play even 10 mins on the final day!
    I think­ it's wonderful that your "BIG" loan­ signing is from Hull. You have got everything you­ deserve, you have entertained thousands over the summer­ with the "car"toon army getting all the wrong­ media attention.
    You and your fellow 'deck chair­ away strip' wearing brigade need to get behind your­ team, try to remember who plays at Glanford Park and­ stop being so bitter and twisted about every other­ clubs success.

    Good luck Hull for the rest of the­ season

    Dan the Mackem

    From Ask me and I might tell, on Sun 13 Sep 10:25AM
  2. Kudos! Folan good luck mate. The comments on here are­ laughable but not very flattering to the real Smoggies­ or Magpies. Cretinous comment SHAUN(?) Hull are just a­ little club punching above their weight :)!!! Yeah like­ 'Castle are a big club, so it wasn't anything­ to do with the fact that they were that bad even Hull­ on their abysmal run did better :~). Newcastle the big­ club that had a good run last century in the 50's!

    From Jammy, on Sat 12 Sep 1:16PM
  3. Post 10. Hull are just another little club punching­ above their weight. It only takes a few mistakes at the­ likes of Hull, Stoke, Fulham etc, and they're back­ where they should be, where we are are. We are here (­ in the Coca Cola Championship ) because of gross­ mismanagement at the highest level, by thieves and­ fools of the highest order.

    From SHAUN, on Sat 12 Sep 12:57PM
  4. Good luck to Folan. Doesn't quite fit into the­ set-up but I'm sure he'll do well elsewhere.­

    City are prem and like the good man said thought the­ children were back at school? Really sad to see silly­ little comments from ex-prem club er 'fans'­ when most people just want to find out the latest news.­ Clubs go down because of the position they finish in­ NOT because some moron thinks they deserve to be there.­ City have not played inspiring football true, but­ they're working on it.

    From saintstephen, on Sat 12 Sep 12:43PM
  5. lee...6. I hope your first language isn't English­ mate. Cos if it is, you need to get your sad sorry a$$­ back to school.

    From SHAUN, on Sat 12 Sep 9:33AM
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    newc and midd = you can both stay where you're - in­ the Championship - hopefully Hull will join you next­ year!

    From lee, on Fri 11 Sep 10:13PM
  7. Back in the day, teams like Hull would have left­ Newcastle on the wrong end of a good trouncing. Now­ look where we are. Due to Shepherd and TRASHLEY'S ­ mismanagement, we are now in the lowly position of­ sniffing around for cast off's from teams like Hull­ City. If ASHLEY had spent the whole of the 12 million­ he got for Charles Insomnia and Shay Given, and put his­ hand in his pocket and spent another few million on top­ of that, It would probably be Hull in the COCA Cola­ Championship, and not us.

    You really are the biggest­ mug in football TRASHLEY..

    From SHAUN, on Fri 11 Sep 8:42PM
  8. average championship player good at holding up the­ ball, first touch a little iffy, gives his all but­ doesn't score many, a victim of Hulls success at­ staying in the BPL.
    Jan V of H, Jozy and Kamel all­ better forwards, Cousin is a better scorer just too­ lazy, pity he doesn't have Calebs energy
    Good luck­ son, appreciate your efforts for Hull City !

    From Veneztiger, on Fri 11 Sep 7:38PM
  9. why cant phil brown leave instead,then they might do a­ bit better!!

    From stevebullisgod, on Fri 11 Sep 3:58PM
  10. I hope you don't include me in that comment­ Englishman.

    From kht20, on Fri 11 Sep 2:12PM
  11. I thought the children were back at school.

    From Bobby Robson A Legend, on Fri 11 Sep 1:28PM
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    hahaha...rejects...im more suprise if Toons taking­ him...what will happen to the standard of their squad.

    From Fahmi, on Fri 11 Sep 1:11PM
  13. Who would have thought Boro would be reduced to taking­ cast-offs and rejects from Hull.

    From kht20, on Fri 11 Sep 1:05PM
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