Hull City has issued a terse and most reassuring statement today, proclaiming that it is "bored" with speculation about Stephen Hunt's future and stating, twice, that the Irish wideman is not for sale.
Hopefully this is an end of it. However, this is football, and the intentions of a club can soon be swayed by the appropriation of a large cheque, especially when one considers the financial kerfuffle City find themselves in.
The saving grace is that Adam Pearson has unequivocal trust placed in him by the Tiger Nation. He is well aware that such statements need to be backed by actions, and has rarely been the type to change his mind on such matters.
But only rarely - not never.
Anyone who remembers what he did approximately a fortnight after grumpily responding to criticism of Phil Parkinson's management of the club will shudder just slightly today. Yep, having backed him, he then sacked him. Maybe it'll take a fortnight again, but it would be only a disappointment, not a surprise, if Hunt still leave the club that is adamant he is going nowhere. And if he doesn't, then it is yet another feather in the Pearson cap.
Meanwhile, one hopes that attention can once again be concentrated on escorting Caleb Folan, Bryan Hughes and Peter Halmosi out of the club as quickly as possible.
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