Jacob Greaves asking price revealed as Hull City get transfer advice on star man
The central defender has plenty of admirers after another fine season in the Championship
Former England midfielder Carlton Palmer believes it would take a bid in the region of £15m to £20m for Hull City to consider parting ways with star defender Jacob Greaves this summer if the Tigers do not win promotion to the Premier League.
Speculation has been rife in recent weeks about Greaves’ future and that of his City teammate Jaden Philogene with the pair two of Liam Rosenior’s star performers this season.
Greaves has played in 36 of the Tigers’ 37 games this season but will sit out the Easter weekend meetings with Stoke City and Leeds United after picking up his 10th booking of the season in Saturday’s thrilling 2-2 draw with Leicester City at the MKM Stadium, in what is a blow to him and Rosenior.
City, of course, will hope they win promotion to the top flight in the remaining weeks of the season and the conversation around the influential pair will be very different. But for now, Palmer believes the Tigers would only consider a substantial bid to allow one of their most-prized assets to move on.
“He’s under contract until the summer of 2026, so it will take a substantial offer for Hull to let him go,” Palmer told FLW. “But the problem that they’ve got is that if Hull don’t get promoted to the Premier League, and they’re not going to do that automatically, they’ve got a chance of being in the play-offs, then the player will want to go and play at a higher level.
“You would think that the offer would have to be in the region of £15m-£20m for Hull to do business, but this player is destined to play at the highest level. He’s very, very athletic, very good on the ball, very comfortable and can play at the highest level.
“Unfortunately, if Hull don’t get promotion, I think he will be playing in the Premier League next season, whether it’s for Everton or somebody else.”
