Hull manager Phil Brown has asked Michael Owen for the chance to sell him a move to the KC Stadium.

The Tigers boss is yet to contact the 29-year-old Newcastle striker, while his club were not among those sent a glossy brochure outlining the former England striker's qualities.

Brown told Sky Sports News: "He is still connected to a football club, we haven't been given permission by that football club to talk to him, so we will honour that.

"But he will be available from July 1 and hopefully Michael will give us the time of day and we can get around a table, then who knows?

"Yes, it is one we are interested in. It isn't a throw-away comment, it is a genuine interest."