Hull City have allowed Thomas Mayer to leave and join SKU Amstetten, as announced by their official club website.
Hull City now have a space in their squad to bring in a new player.
Their transfer embargo means they need to abide a squad size restriction but they now have room to sign trialist Tom Huddlestone.
Hull Live have reported that Grant McCann’s side were waiting to offload Mayer before striking a deal to bring their former midfielder back to East Yorkshire on a permanent basis.
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Deal on way?
Huddlestone, who is 34-years-old, has been on trial with Hull over the past few weeks and played in pre-season friendlies against Scunthorpe United and Manchester United Under-23s to build up his fitness.
He been a free agent since leaving Derby County at the end of the 2019/20 season.
Fans’ favourite
Huddlestone played for the Tigers from 2013 to 2017 and racked up 161 appearances for the club in all competitions.
He was a popular player among their fans and played a key role in Hull’s journey to the FA Cup final in his first season at the club.
The ex-Tottenham Hotspur man also helped the Yorkshire outfit win promotion to the Premier League in 2016 under Steve Bruce.
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What next?
Hull will be looking to bounce back from their 3-0 defeat to QPR on Wednesday against Derby at the MKM Stadium.
The door has now opened for McCann to sign Huddlestone and it will be interesting to see if a deal gets finalised before then.