Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town-linked Premier League attacker set for Hull City move

Reports in the national media suggested highly-rated Crystal Palace youngster Malcolm Ebiowei had jumped onto the Owls’ wish-list – though it was made clear a wide range of clubs from both the Championship and League One had designs on his loan services.

A 19-year-old England youth international who has had a fascinating young career to date having represented Chelsea, Arsenal, Rangers and Derby County as different levels, Ebiowei’s potential Wednesday signing always seemed an ambitious one.

And it seems the speedster is on his way to the second tier, with Hull City figures having all but confirmed a deal to bring him to Humberside until the end of the current campaign.

“Malcolm is very close to happening,” said a supremely Tigers vice-chairman Tan Kesler. “I'll be speaking to his agent today, if not tomorrow. As of now he's going to join us.

“We’ll get it done. I’m talking to his agent in the next 48 hours.”

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Speaking to BBC Humberside, Hull manager Liam Rosenior later said: “Malcolm has turned down a lot of clubs in the Championship to come here.”

Wednesday boss prefers not to answer questions on individual player links and it is not known how heavy their interest was in Ebiowei.

The Owls are credited with interest in one of his Palace team mates in a similar position, Jesarun Rak-Sakyi, who has spent the first half of the campaign at Charlton Athletic.