• Phelan expected to sign one-year contract after agreeing terms
Mike Phelan’s long awaited confirmation as Hull City’s manager is finally imminent but he faces an immediate fight to re-build the club’s backroom team after failing to prevent Aston Villa from poaching Stephen Clemence, his former assistant.
A key figure at the KCOM Stadium, Clemence has re-joined his old mentor, Steve Bruce, at Villa Park but fears that Gary Walsh, Hull’s goalkeeping coach, could also be set to defect to the west Midlands were allayed after Walsh made it clear that he has no desire to depart.
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