BARMBY LOSES APPEAL

Former Hull City manager Nick Barmby has lost his appeal to be reinstated as the manager of the club. It was announced a few weeks back that he was suspended from club, which later led to his sacking. It is thought that the suspension from the club and the subsequent sacking were due to the comments he made about the finances of the club. The decision to sack him was taken by the vice-chairman Ehab, who is also the son of the owner and chairman Assem Allam. It was revealed a few days back that Nick Barmby had applied for reconsideration into the job.

However, the appeal has now been rejected by Hull city, who have said that they will be looking at other alternatives shortly. Former Sunderland manager Steve Bruce is the favourite to take over from Nick Barmby at Hull city. It has been a turbulent few seasons for the Tigers after they were relegated from the Premier league. They came extremely close to qualifying for the play-offs, but had to miss out in the last few matches. They finished the season in the eighth position, but it is now looking highly unlikely that they will be close to anywhere near the same next season. Hull city may have to sell a number of stars in order to balance the books.

“I have decided to uphold the decision to dismiss Nick for reasons previously stated. I would like to assure the club’s supporters that this decision has not been taken lightly and all other options were explored before I decided to uphold the dismissal. However, as explained in the press statement given by the vice-chairman, Nick’s behaviour has led to the breakdown of trust and confidence with the board and I therefore felt I had no other option,” said the chairman on the official website.