Jakirovic relishing Hull fight

SERGEJ Jakirovic admits he's ready for the fight at Hull City as he gets down to business with the squad the club have assembled whilst working under strict transfer conditions during a frantic summer.

- By BARRY COOPER

City were slapped with a three-window fee restriction just three days after he was introduced as the club's new head coach at the beginning of the summer, as well as two embargoes that were quickly removed.

For much of the summer, the Tigers' appeal rumbled on before it was confirmed it had been reduced to two, with the third suspended pending any more indiscretions.