Hull boss Brown warned not to talk contracts with Cairney

Hull City boss Phil Brown has been ordered not to speak with Tom Cairney - by the player's lawyer.

The Sun says Brown was stunned to receive a letter from Cairney's legal representative after the club tried to open contract negotiations.

Cairney, 19, has one more year to run and is refusing to sign a new deal.

Brown said: "Tom has taken advice from an unlicensed and unregistered agent hiding under the umbrella of a solicitor and we are not allowed to talk to their client.

"So Tom was left out against Arsenal and I could not tell him that he had been dropped!

"Unfortunately, he is taking advice from the wrong people. He should be listening to me, the chairman, the backroom staff and the players."