Promoted Hull City set for takeover talks

London: Potential purchasers of Hull City will have to dig considerably deeper into their pockets after the club secured their Premier League return by winning what was billed as the most lucrative game in world football.

Saturday’s 1-0 win over Sheffield Wednesday sparked mass celebrations among tens of thousands of City fans at Wembley. Manager Steve Bruce dedicated the win to the club’s owner, Egyptian-British businessman Assem Allam, who is reportedly seriously ill. At most clubs, a backer who had pumped in around 200 million pounds ($292.46 million, Dh1.07 billion) of his own money would be feted but Hull have been gripped by a very public dispute sparked by the owner’s plans to first rename the club Hull Tigers and then introduce a membership scheme for next season.