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Tom Huddlestone has taken a parting shot at Andre Villas-Boas, accusing the Tottenham boss of ignoring him.

Huddlestone has joined Hull City in a £5.25million deal - a record fee for the Premier League new boys - because he became so frustrated at being left in the wilderness by the Spurs manager.

“No, I didn’t feel I got a fair crack of the whip,” said the England midfielder, 26.

“I’d play some games and the results were good and my personal performances were good, and then I’d find myself out of the team for six or seven weeks without any explanation.

“That’s disappointing. I’m not one of those players who goes and knocks on the manager’s door every Monday morning if I’m not playing.

“I just get my head down, graft hard during the week and try and get in the team at the weekend.

“I didn’t speak to him this pre-season. I just knew the club’s feelings that they were happy for me to go if the right bid came in.”

Jake Livermore is also going from the north Londoners to East Yorkshire - on a season-long loan in his case - and Huddlestone questioned Spurs’ policy of off-loading English players.

“The first few years I was there, the philosophy and policy were to buy young British players, such as myself, Aaron Lennon, Gareth Bale, Michael Dawson, Jermaine Jenas, and players like that,” said Huddlestone, who will make his debut at Chelsea on Sunday.

“Now Steve Caulker has gone sold to Cardiff], they’ve let me go, Jake has left and it has gone the opposite way - buying more established international players. I’m not sure if it is good for the club.

“It will be difficult [for Tottenham]. They’ve let a few players go who were used to the Premier League week in, week out. Bringing players in from abroad, as we’ve seen in the past, can take them a while to settle.

“You could see it happening last season. David Bentley left, Jermaine Jenas left [for QPR in January] and they were ready to accept a bid [also from QPR] for Michael Dawson.”