Bruce: Price was right for striker Hernandez

Hull manager Steve Bruce believes it is "madness" Uruguay international Abel Hernandez cost him less than the going rate for a top Championship striker.

Bruce has carefully built his Tigers side around a British and Irish core and, even when shopping for overseas talent, he has favoured the likes of Nikica Jelavic, Hatem Ben Arfa and Mohamed Diame, who all have considerable experience of English football.

But when Shane Long was sold to Southampton in a shock move this summer, he found himself priced out of locally-sourced replacements.