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Tigers have eye on new head coach
The Gazette
|May 31, 2025
HULL City are in advanced talks about making Sergej Jakirovic their next head coach, true to owner Acun Ilicali's word that they were closing in on a new first-team boss who wasn't a household name in the Championship.
Hull have spent the close season trying to find a replacement for Ruben Selles, who joined the club mid-way through 2024/25 after a short and troubled spell as boss from Tim Walter.
Selles secured their status in the division on the final day but was quickly given the heave-ho.
Ilicali, advised by sporting director Jared Dublin the former Stoke City transfer chief - worked through a five-man shortlist while based in Mayfair last week and is hoping he can now close a deal for 48-year-old Jakirovic, who has been in charge of Kayserispor in Turkey since January.
Jakirovic a former Bosnia and Herzegovina defender - stepped into management in 2017 and served a series of clubs in Croatia and Bosnia before his move to Turkey.
This story is from the May 31, 2025 edition of The Gazette.
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