Hull City boss Phil Brown has played down suggestions he was planning to make an offer to the Manchester United for on-loan striker Manucho. Instead, he will wait until the end of the season before considering a permanent bid for the Angolan forward.

"There is nothing in that from our point of view," Brown said. "He is on loan and we will see how it goes at the end of the season.

"There are a plethora of great strikers playing in Manchester United's reserves at the moment and Manucho was struggling to get in there."

He added: "As far as we are concerned he is just starting to show signs he can play at this level and, more importantly, score goals.

"The more games he plays, hopefully the more goals he will score. He has got a big part to play in the game on Saturday, that is for sure."