Duffen - Brown won't quit Tigers

Chairman expects manager to continue at KC Stadium

Last updated: 5th December 2008

Duffen - Brown won't quit Tigers

Brown: Fulfilling dreams

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Paul Duffen accepts speculation linking Phil Brown with Sunderland is 'inevitable', but does not expect the manager to leave Hull City.

Brown, who was a boyhood Sunderland supporter, has been installed as a contender to take over at the Stadium of Light after Roy Keane's resignation on Thursday.

Tigers boss Brown moved quickly to play down the rumours by telling Sky Sports News that he is focused on his job at the KC Stadium.

And City chairman Duffen, who has Brown under contract until 2011, is also confident that the 49-year-old will not be returning to the North East.

Duffen understands why Brown has been mooted as a candidate for the Black Cats' vacancy, but says he is committed to the task of turning City into a big club.

Fulfilling dreams

"I don't think there's any club that Phil would leave Hull City to manage at this moment in time," Duffen told the Hull Daily Mail.

"If people are linking Phil with Sunderland, it shows how little they understand about what's going on at Hull City. He's started on a journey where he is fulfilling dreams.

"He's got the chance in front of him that very few people have and that is to create a big football club.

"The speculation is inevitable because he comes from the North East of England and we're sixth in the Premier League. It's one of those things."