EVERTON flop Oumar Niasse is set to join rock-bottom Hull on loan with a view to a £10million permanent deal.
A £13.5m signing during last season’s January transfer window, Niasse has started just twice for the Toffees since his move and his since been banished to the youth team.
But the 26-year-old now looks set to get a fair crack of the whip in the Premier League by becoming Marco Silva’s first signing as Hull boss.
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According to the Guardian, the league strugglers will pay all of his £55,000-a-week wage packet and can make the loan deal a permanent one for £10m.
A Roberto Martinez signing, even boss Ronald Koeman wasn’t prepared to give the ex-Locomotiv Moscow striker a chance to prove himself.
Niasse was banished from the first-team after being stripped of his squad number by Koeman before appearing for the Under-23s.
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Hull are desperate to keep in touching distance of their rivals and boss Silva is keen to strengthen his depleted squad.
Midfielder Robert Snodgrass remains their top scorer in the league with seven whilst centre-back Michael Dawson is second with three.
Striker Adama Diomande has just two league goals as Silva looks to resolve their lack of firepower.
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