Hull 2025 summer transfers: Every confirmed signing and sale

By Adeyeye Oluwapelumi and Matt Law, Football Editor

Published: July 18 2025 | 13:23

Last updated: July 19 2025 | 23:07

Hull 2025 summer transfers: All confirmed ins and outs

Track all of Hull's 2025 summer transfer activity, including confirmed signings, player departures, latest rumours and squad updates.

The 2024–25 season proved to be a tough one for Hull City, who only just managed to avoid relegation from the Championship; they finished level on points with Luton Town but stayed up by virtue of goal difference.

Ruben Selles, who took over in December and helped lift the Tigers from the foot of the table to safety, was surprisingly dismissed at the end of the campaign; he has since been replaced by Sergej Jakirovic, who will now lead the team into the new season, which is shaping up to be an interesting one.

Hull had made a busy start to the summer, bringing in four new signings, including Colombian midfielder Gustavo Puerta on a permanent deal from Bayer Leverkusen. Nigerian defender Semi Ajayi also arrived on a free transfer after leaving West Bromwich Albion. However, the rebuild under Jakirovic has already hit a major hurdle.

The club have been placed under a transfer embargo for three windows by the Football League, following concerns over their financial stability. The ban, which prevents them from paying fees for new signings, will run from 4 July until the end of the summer 2026 window.

With spending restrictions now in place, Hull will have to tread carefully—striking a delicate balance between following the rules and assembling a competitive squad, which is no easy task when quality rarely comes without a price.

Hull are working towards the start of their 2025-26 Championship campaign, which will see them head to Coventry City on August 9.

The Tigers will then face Oxford United, Blackburn Rovers and Bristol City before the end of the month, with September then beginning with a trip to Wales to tackle Swansea City.

Hull have spent each of the last four seasons in the Championship, with their last campaign in the third tier coming in 2020-21.

The Tigers have been absent from the Premier League since the 2016-17 season, meanwhile, and it will be incredibly difficult for them to challenge for a return to the top flight for next term considering the restrictions that are in place.

That said, there are some very talented players at the club, and the team will certainly be aiming to push higher up the table in 2025-26, which is now just around the corner.

Here, Sports Mole tracks all of Hull's summer transfer business.