Is The Snodgrass Greener On The Other Side?

It’s not good a time to be a Hull City fan at the moment with the news that the club have accepted a bid from Burnley for their Scotland international Robert Snodgrass and with Hull’s current plight you do have to wonder how much of a detriment that is going to be in their bid to beat the drop at the end of the season.

Snodgrass has been subject to interest from other Premier League clubs earlier in the transfer window with West Ham coming in with a bid which seems quite derisory in comparison to what Burnley have had accepted. It’s believed that David Gold and David Sullivan the West Ham owners were only prepared to offer £3m for Snodgrass, while Sean Dyche has tabled a bid of £10m which has subsequently been approved by Hull.

What makes the situation all the more interesting is Snodgrass’ current contract situation. His current club Hull activated a 1 year extension late last month but that was without Snodgrass’ knowledge, a move that did not best please the former Norwich and Leeds midfielder and with player and club not particularly on the same page it has alerted other top flight clubs in regards to acquriung the 29 year olds services before the transfer window closes.

For Hull though you have to ask how sensible of a move this will turn out to be, with Snodgrass out injured they looked devoid of any real creative flair in their 2-0 defeat to Chelsea on Sunday and you would imagine that kind of performance would then be set to be the norm for the remainder of the season.

Everything creative that Hull have done and in fairness there has not been all that much this season it has come through Snodgrass so to see him depart will almost be a sacrifiical move especially for a club that has been so low on goals this campaign.

With Jake Livermore already departing in this window it now makes Hull incredibly light in midfield should they offload another of what is already a small squad, it’s all very well raising nearly £20m in player sales but who can they get in as replacements at this stage without it being viewed as a panic buy.

If Snodgrass was to swap Hull for Burnley it would mean swapping one promoted club for another, but the fortunes of the two clubs could not be further apart. Burnley sit 10 points clear of the drop zone thanks to their phenomenal home form, that has seen them pick up a remarkable 25 out of their 26 points this season from Turf Moor.

And with Premier League status looking a lot more secure for next season they you can hardly blame Snodgrass in looking away from plying his trade at The KCom Stadium. For Burnley it will give them a creative spark that they have perhaps lacked this season and could very well deliver a first win on the road but for Hull it could make the difficult task of staying up even harder.