Mike Phelan meets Hull vice-chairman over manager job offer
Monday 19 September 2016 11:15, UK
Mike Phelan will meet with Hull vice-chairman Ehab Allam on Monday as he considers whether to take the manager's job permanently.
Phelan has been offered the job full-time after stepping in on an interim basis following Steve Bruce's departure on the eve of the Premier League season.
Bruce's former assistant has overseen a largely positive start to the season, winning August's manager of the month award despite initially having just 13 fit, senior players to work with.
Phelan delayed a decision on his future as he prepared the team for Saturday's defeat to Arsenal but has since examined the details of Hull's offer ahead of a meeting with Allam.
"I've got to have a good look at that and come in on Monday and hopefully sit down with Ehab and discuss it a little bit further as to how we are going to approach the next stage," he said at the weekend.
"I've never really been in a position of negotiation. Whether they are hard or soft, I think it's just a case of I want to be involved.
"I want to try and pass on my experience and put some input into this football club to take it further forwards with a great group of players.
"They've made it pretty clear that they want me to be in charge of them, so once we've sorted the little details of who's taking this club forwards and all those little things like that, then we'll make the decision."
The 53-year-old described his situation as looking "a lot brighter" regarding becoming permanent boss and, even though the contract length was said to be a potential stumbling block, Phelan was coy when that was put to him.
"Everybody wants a 10-year contract if they can get one," Phelan said. "Everybody wants to be Arsene Wenger if they can survive that long. I think what's important is that I get an opportunity to be a manager.
"I've enjoyed everything so far. I am disappointed with today [against Arsenal], of course, but that's the nature of the beast.
"But going forward, yeah, whether it's one-year roll overs, two-year contracts, three-year contracts, who knows? But a contract is a contract so that's a plus side, really, going forward."
