HULL CITY HAVE rewarded Irish centre-back Sean McLoughlin with a new contract.
McLoughlin, whose previous terms weren’t up for renewal until June 2022, has signed a new three-year deal with the club, who have the option of an additional year.
“We’re delighted to see Sean put pen to paper on a new deal,” manager Grant McCann said of the former Republic of Ireland U21 international.
“He’s a player that we feel has a very bright future at this football club and we’re really pleased to see another talented young player commit his long-term future to Hull City.”
McLoughlin made the move to Hull from Cork City in 2019, having been named in the previous season’s PFAI Premier Division Team of the Year.
He then excelled during a five-month loan spell at St Mirren, where he played 21 times in the Scottish Premiership. However, opportunities have been limited for the 24-year-old at Hull, who currently sit in second place in League One.
This season he has made 10 first-team appearances, all but one of which have come in cup competitions. Grant McCann has faith in the Cobh native nevertheless.
“He’s a really good player and progressing well, and he’s just unfortunate not to have played more because of the form of others,” the Hull boss said this morning ahead of tomorrow’s clash with Bristol Rovers.
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Right call
@Shimmy Shammy: Will you cop on.Anywhere else on the pitch it would have been a straight red no question’s asked.
@Padraic McHugh: This should of been a red but they got it wrong. End of discussion. Would rather see the ref association and FA learn from this and use VAR more effectively. No long term logic in handing out a ban because the Ref and VAR got it wrong.
@Shimmy Shammy: man United fans deluded as usual
@Kenh28: Wrong call made on the pitch, I think everyone is agreed on that. Liverpool fans looking for special treatment is what is delusional.
It’s bad enough losing VVD for the season without Everton further gaining by Pickford being suspended. Keeping him in goal is punishment enough.
@Paul Crampsie: What’s done is done, time for LFC to pick themselves up, hopefully full of furious raging fire to win the league.
@Dave O’Shaughnessy: agreed, the other worry though is that we’re left with Gomez and Matip, I think they can rise to the challenge but both are pretty injury prone. If either gets injured we will struggle.
He’s a liability so he’ll get caught out again during the season, a retrospective ban is meaningless to Liverpool but this can’t be allowed to happen again, especially with the ability to watch it over and over again to help make up your mind, challenges like that have ruined a players careers in the past.
Plain and simple it’s because he’s England’s number 1! Shocking again from the frank spencer brigade!
We see these moments of madness from Pickford in every game. He’s panicked and flung himself into the situation without thinking. Anyone who thinks it’s pre-meditated or intentional gives him far too much credit.
@Fergus O’Connor: Ya it was pure instinctive which makes it much worse because he’ll do it again.
Just like Liverpool will find it hard to win the league without VVD Everton will eventually slip back due to Pickford errors. While no action will be taken on Pickford surely there has to be consequences for the VAR official and the Ref. How they both saw it and thought nothing of it is baffling
I remember van Dijk went in late and studs up on Mertens against Napoli last year and only got a yellow when he should have seen red. His defense was “that’s football”, this is football too I guess.
Fairly amusing that all last season it was ‘liVARpool’ and people just moaning about the calls they were getting and the second it goes against liverpool just a bunch of fellas saying “get over it”
@Eric Murphy: I think you’re making their point. Liverpool got a lot of dodgy VAR decisions last season and the first time one goes against them they are up in arms. Short memory. Swings and roundabouts.
@Stephen Foster: Is that’s the Premier League title they won by 23 points? Yeah, VAR was the reason for that.
Christ please change the record on this utter rubbish about LFC getting the majority of favourable VAR decisions, they were middle of the road for favourable calls according to searchable stats, United as an example received much more positive outcomes on VAR.
Reminds me of world cup 1982 Germany v France. German keeper charged out to demolish Patrick Battison of France. He wasn’t even booked. How come goalkeepers always get away with this kind of behaviour. Pickford should have got red card.