Hull set for talks with Bobby - Brown

Hull boss Phil Brown has hailed the qualities of Bobby Zamora and revealed the Fulham striker will look around the KC Stadium early next week.

Fulham have accepted a £5million bid from Hull for Zamora, who scored just two league goals last season, and Brown is now hoping to complete the deal after missing out on a series of other targets.

He told Sky Sports News: "We have tabled a bid and it has been accepted.

"Obviously people will question that Bobby is not prolific. But I think he is a very, very good holding player.

"I spoke to him at the weekend. Hopefully I will get together with him on Monday or Tuesday and show him around the place and hopefully he likes what he sees."

Hull have endured a difficult transfer window to date, seeing Fraizer Campbell and Marc-Antoine Fortune opt for switches to Sunderland and Celtic respectively.

An audacious attempt to sign Michael Owen also came to nothing, and Brown has admitted he is growing increasingly frustrated by the lack of new faces at the KC Stadium.

He said: "It is a frustrating time for me personally.

"I am trying to remain calm and patient because the transfer market is becoming frustrating and difficult to deal in.

"Yes, we are a Premier League club but sometimes it is one of those where we have to crawl before we can walk, or walk before we can run.

"We had a difficult season last year. We survived it. Maybe our targets are a little further away from us than we think.

"They are realistic targets in my opinion. Progress is so important. We have got to strengthen the squad with better quality players."

Brown also reiterated Hull have no plans to sign Newcastle United midfielder Joey Barton, adding: "That's not one that we are chasing. I think we are fairly strong in the centre of midfield."