Richardson: Roy better than struggling Hull

CORK City manager Damien Richardson says that Roy O’ Donovan should set his sights higher than Hull City, after the Leesiders turned down an offer from the struggling Championship club for one of the domestic game’s hottest prospects.

Richardson admits he was unhappy with the approach made by Hull — currently lying 20th in the Championship — having first heard about it from O’ Donovan himself.

Says the City boss: “The player and the newspapers knew that there was an offer in before the manager, and I don’t like to do business like that. I tend to be a little bit sceptical of things like that.