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Hull City have made a loan bid for Manchester City striker Wilfried Bony .

According to the Times , club officials have sought to placate their unsettled players by informing them of their intention to sign the Ivorian on a season-long loan move.

Hull are without a manager after Steve Bruce walked out last week amid rancour in the boardroom.

There has been serious discontent among the players, too, and while the club look to find a new head coach, they are still scouting the transfer market for potential new signings – and Bony tops their list.

City, however, are understood to be holding out a permanent move and expect to recoup a large portion of the £25 million fee they paid to Swansea City to bring him to the club in January 2014.

Bony has struggled at City and looks incompatible with the pass-and-move style favoured by Pep Guardiola – but his goal record at Swansea was impressive.

He scored 35 goals in 70 games for Welsh side and a feeling remains that he can excel in a team geared up to play to his strengths.

Swansea remain interested in taking him back to the Liberty Stadium – and ESPN believe they have a £15 million buy-back clause.

However, they are understood to be concerned about meeting his wage demands.