Hull City manager Steve Bruce is confident that the squad he has assembled is good enough to earn promotion back into the Premier League. Bruce is very happy at the business Hull have conducted this summer.
Bruce said: "It's been a difficult summer, no question about that, but I'm pleased to say we've still got the nucleus of a very good squad here.
"We've lost 13 players and brought seven in but I have to say I'm delighted with the players we've signed. It's a good mixture of youth and experience and I hope that bodes well.
"I was always wary, right up until 3pm and 4pm, that the phone might ring, but we've held on to the nucleus of the squad. I've said from the start that we'll be there and thereabouts and I believe we've certainly got the tools to challenge now."