Diame grabbed healthy Hull rise

Mohamed Diameis understood to have ‘trousered’ a healthy rise of around £10k to join the club this summer.

ClaretandHugh has learned that Steve Bruce “went all the way” in his pursuit of a player he has admired for a long time.

And Diame is now believed to be on personal terms of around £55k a week.

Diame – who was also hunted by Crystal Palace -eventually joined ambitious City and a  Hammers source said: “With a year left we weren’t going to stand in his way – that wouldn’t have been right.

“With what we were doing in the market, the deal for Diame fitted our situation and my understanding is that he got a hefty increase from Hull of around £10k.”