COVENTRY City are reportedly ‘considering’ making a club-record bid for Hull City defender Charlie Hughes.
The Sky Blues have seen an initial offer worth £7million rejected by Hull, according to Sky Sports.
And Sky’s James Savundra and Rob Dorsett report Coventry are considering making an increased offer of £8m plus add-ons.
If Coventry return to the table with the offer, it would mark a club-record bid – eclipsing the £7.7m paid to sign Haji Wright in August 2023.
Sky report that Coventry told Hull they were prepared to pay £6m up front with a further £1m in add-ons.
However, after City saw their first offer rejected, Sky believe Coventry could make another club-record offer for the defender.
Hull reportedly value the player at £10m and are reluctant to sell Hughes with the club currently under a transfer embargo.
The embargo prevents Hull from signing players for a transfer or loan fee. The Tigers can only sign players on free transfers or on loan with no fee.
However, Hull are due to have their appeal against the embargo heard later today.
Beaten play-off finalists Sheffield United have also shown an interest in signing Hughes, according to Sky.
Hughes only joined Hull in August last year but impressed for the Tigers as he scored one goal in 27 appearances.
The 21-year-old centre-back spent time in the youth academies of both Manchester City and Liverpool before coming through at Wigan Athletic.
He scored five goals in 58 appearances for Wigan before joining Hull just after the start of the 2024/25 season.
Hughes won Hull’s young player and goal of the season awards last term.
Coventry host Hull on the opening weekend of the Championship season on Saturday, August 9 with kick-off at 12.30pm at the Coventry Building Society Arena.
