Brown confident he'll get Hull favourite Campbell back from Manchester United

Tiger feet: Hull fans would love to see Fraizer Campbell back with the club

The 20-year-old striker scored 15 goals as the Tigers secured promotion to the top flight during a successful loan spell from Manchester United last season.

Campbell is now back in pre-season training with United, and featured in a
friendly at Aberdeen last weekend, but Brown is keen to open discussions with the champions after their upcoming tour of South Africa.

Brown said: 'I spoke at length with Sir Alex Ferguson at the end of the season, having kept him up to speed with the progress Fraizer Campbell had made all season.

'He was adamant that all his players would come back for pre-season training.

'When they come back from South Africa there is an opportunity to talk again.

'I fully trust Sir Alex's word on that and when they come back from South Africa I will be putting a call in. There is always a possibility.'

Campbell is likely to command a fee of around £5million and other clubs, including Aston Villa, have also been linked with the youngster.

It is unclear whether United would sell but such a priority is he that Brown would also be interested in bringing the player back to the KC Stadium on another loan deal.

'He is very, very important to me, and that we get the right quality strikers in,' Brown added.

'It is difficult. There are one or two strikers out there we have earmarked as priority but if Fraizer Campbell became available we would certainly be interested in taking him, either permanent or on loan.'

Brown is currently overseeing a major recruitment drive ahead of the club's first season in the top flight and has already signed Craig Fagan, Geovanni and Bernard Mendy.

Other targets have been identified but he has set no deadline for a deal to be
reached for Campbell before turning his attention elsewhere.

The signing of Middlesbrough midfielder George Boateng was expected to be
confirmed yesterday but should now be made official today.

An announcement of the capture of Plymouth winger Peter Halmosi is also
imminent.

Another potential signing, South African midfielder Delron Buckley, scored last
night as he continued his trial with a run-out in a pre-season friendly at local amateurs Winterton Rangers.

Geovanni was also on target in the 4-0 win with the other goals coming from John Welsh and Joe Lamplough.