Hull set to lose star duo to Premier League club in £35m double deal

Ipswich are confident of winning the race for Hull star Jaden Philogene, talkSPORT understands.

The Tractor Boys are aiming to compete a double swoop for the talented winger and Tigers teammate Jacob Greaves in a deal worth around £35million.

Ipswich are confident of signing Jaden Philogene this summer
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West Ham and Everton are also interested in Philogene, while Greaves has already been given permission to undergo a medical at Portman Road.

Ipswich are looking to strengthen their squad after securing promotion to the Premier League – their second promotion in two seasons under Kieran McKenna.

Having already signed Ben Johnson from West Ham and Omari Hutchinson in a blockbuster deal from Chelsea, Greaves would offer another ball-playing option at centre back.

Having made his first team breakthrough with Cheltenham, Greaves joined Hull in 2020 and has gone on to make 177 appearances as a left-sided centre-back.

As for Philogene, he is a product of the Aston Villa youth and enjoyed loan spells with Cardiff and Stoke City, before joining Hull last summer for an undisclosed fee.

Since then he has scored 12 goals for the Tigers – including a ‘goal of the century’ contender against Rotherham United.

While interest from the Premier League has been building, there’s also been reported interest from Barcelona regarding a blockbuster move to the Nou Camp.

Speaking to talkSPORT, Hull City president Acun Ilicali has admitted that he would never stand in the way of anyone who asked him to leave the club.

The forward was one of the Championship’s standout stars last term
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They’re also close to signing Jacob Greaves with a medical already scheduled
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McKenna is building an exciting looking team ahead of their Premier League return
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When asked if Barca were really keen on Philogene, Acun replied: “Yes, everything is true. But I told my fans that I would sign nobody.

“My idea in football is not to make money, my idea is to make a stronger and bigger club. But to make a bigger club, sometimes if a player says, ‘I want to go’, that is a different case.

“For me, one player change is not the end of the world. But my players, I would never want to rein in their careers or their moves because of a contract I have.

“So in that case, if Jaden wants to move and he says he wants to go somewhere, this is something we cannot do too much about because this is his life.

“I love all my boys, I am responsible for their careers. So they don’t need to play with us if they don’t want to play with us.”

Ipswich get their season under way with a home clash with Liverpool on Saturday, August 17 – exclusively live on talkSPORT.

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