Hull City owner Assem Allam to sell up if refused right to change name

​Hull owner Assem Allam has repeated his threat to sell the club if the FA fails to ratify his bid to change their name.

Allam's original application to change the club’s name from Hull City to Hull Tigers was rejected by the FA Council, but an independent arbitration tribunal overturned the ruling, telling the club they could reapply next season.

Allam, who took control at Hull City in 2010, has said the name change would help increase Hull’s global appeal.

"The club is up for sale as I've said before. There is no change. If I can change the club's name to Hull Tigers then I will stay and develop the club further and further,” Allam told The Daily Mail.

“I have shown it would be a success. If it is not Hull Tigers then the club will be sold. What is the problem with that? 

“I could have sold the club already, but I want it to go to a good home."

Allam has until April 1 to submit a new bid to change the club's name in time for next season, although he insists a new application is not necessary because the original rejection was overturned.

"The tribunal states, in this case the FA saying no to Tigers, that the decision should be set aside. That means nothing has happened.

"The application has not been answered. The tribunal says our appeal was successful. That decision to set it aside was unanimous."