Acun Ilicali fires Pedro Martins warning as Hull City continue Tim Walter talks.
The Tigers have been without a manager since Liam Rosenior’s exit last Tuesday.
Hull City owner Acun Ilicali remains hopeful of striking a deal to see Tim Walter become the Tigers’ new head coach over the course of the next week but has warned fans it’s not yet complete.
Ilicali has been locked in talks with the German in the days since Liam Rosenior was sacked, holding meetings over Zoom, as well as in person in Munich and Monaco, and is keen to bring in the attack-minded former Stuttgart and Hamburg head coach.
Despite being close to completing a deal for Walter to take over at the MKM Stadium, Ilicali has tried to calm expectations before the ink on the contract is dry, having been burnt before.
The Turkish businessman thought he had a deal to see Pedro Martins take over from Shota Arveladze in October 2022 prior to Rosenior’s appointment a month later. The Portuguese had verbally agreed terms and was even at the MKM Stadium to see City, under the caretaker stewardship of Andy Dawson, beat Wigan Athletic 2-1, having been at the training ground earlier in the day.
Despite having agreed things with Martins and his agent, the ex-Olympiacos head coach headed back to Portugal with the expectation of collecting some personal things before returning to be unveiled and take training at the club’s Cottingham training ground, only to perform a u-turn and move to Al Gharafa in Qatar, and having gone through that experience, Ilicali says he will take nothing for granted.
