'The Mirror' are reporting Phil Brown is ready to turn to Matty Fryatt in a last-gasp bid to solve Hull's striker problem.
They state Brown is lining up a £4 million swoop for the ex-Walsall striker, who scored 32 goals in League One for the Foxes last season. He is Leicester's leading goal scorer this season with 3 in 6 games and has a record of 4 England U19 goals in 6 appearances.
Hull have been rejected by 7 strikers this summer in Michael Owen, Fraizer Campbell, Marc-Antoine Fortune, Bobby Zamora, Marlon Harewood, Daryl Murphy and Real Madrid's Alvaro Negredo.
They have however managed to recruit United States international striker Jozy Altidore, 19, on a season-long loan deal from La Liga outfit Villarreal. He really impressed at the weekend but now Brown feels he needs a strike partner to fire the goals they have been badly missing since Christmas.
If the deal did go through and Leicester found £4 million just too much to refuse Walsall will be entitled to a sell on percentage following his 2006 signiture.
Back in January 06 it was believed Fryatt would not move from the local area. Now establishing himself as a Championship striker, would he make a move to make the Premiership step up?
Matt Fryatt (Leicester) Information | |||
Date of birth | Wednesday, 5th March 1986 | Height | 5.10 |
Place of birth | Nuneaton, England | Weight | 11.0 |
Nationality | England | Position | Forward |
Comments | Squad No. | 12 | |
Recent Career History By Club (1999 onwards) | ||||||
Team | Debut | Apps (+ sub) | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 14 Jan 2006 | 122 (24) | 48 | 11 | 1 | ||
| 03 Mar 2004 | 54 (22) | 30 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 20 Dec 2003 | 9 (1) | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 24 Sep 2003 | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Recent Career History By Season (1999 onwards) | ||||||
Season | First App. | Apps (+ sub) | Goals | Yellows | Reds | |
| 08 Aug 2009 | 6 (0) | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 09 Aug 2008 | 50 (2) | 32 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 14 Aug 2007 | 25 (10) | 3 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 05 Aug 2006 | 23 (11) | 4 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 06 Aug 2005 | 45 (1) | 20 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 07 Aug 2004 | 24 (15) | 15 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 24 Sep 2003 | 13 (9) | 2 | 1 | 0 | ||
Appearances 186 (+ 48 as sub); Goals 79; Yellow cards 17; Red cards 1 | ||||||