One more down, two to go

It could have cost a sum of money to make the thrifty need a glass of water and a lie down, but at least Bryan Hughes has made good his exit from Hull City at last.

Hughes was picking up a hefty wage without even a squad number, let alone a prayer of playing and probably no desire at all to play any more for Phil Brown anyway. Now he is a free agent.

Time is running out to do likewise with Peter Halmosi and Caleb Folan, but the ideal world suggests someone needs to come in with adequate funds to purchase each of these two hangers-on. However, ideal worlds don't exist when Hull City exist around them and so maybe the only way to get shut is to offer them a similar way out that Hughes has grasped today.

Halmosi has quite a way to go on his deal and may sit tight, which would be his right. Folan is less powerful both in terms of wage and length of time left with the club. But at least one of them surely wants to play football just a little bit?