Allam has announced that the Premier League new boys will now be known as Hull City Tigers as opposed to Hull City AFC as he classes City as a "common" name within sporting circles and wants his outfit to have a different identity in order to appeal to the international market.

Daily Mirror writer Lipton thinks Allam has failed to take the views of Hull's fan-base into consideration - but he reckons other clubs could follow the North East side's lead in an attempt to generate more money.

"It shows how much value and store owners put on the thoughts and feelings of fans - they don't really give a flyer," Lipton said of Hull's name change.

"New owners don't really have any commitment to the history of the club and it's all about what they can do with the new property that they have garnered.

"I fear we will go down that path with other clubs and it's not pleasant but it is the commercial reality as if people think they can make money out of doing things they will.

"There will be protests but it won't stop people turning up as they want to see their team."

Surprise

Daily Mail reporter Martin Samuel, meanwhile, believes Allam's determination for Hull to adopt the Tigers name because it is more unique is "nonsense" as there are already a host of international sports teams with that moniker.

And he says it shows the Egyptian-born businessman, whose club finished second in last term's Championship to book a return to the Premier League after a three-year-absence, is not fully aware of the traditions of English football.

"[Allam] didn't like City because there is Manchester City and various other teams called City and wanted to call them Tigers because there are no other Tigers," said Samuel.

"That will come as a huge surprise to rugby union club Leicester Tigers; rugby league team Castleford Tigers; Detroit Tigers, one of the most-storied baseball teams; and the Chittagong Tigers in cricket's Bangladesh Premier League.

"It is nonsense.

"This idea is an American one as over there they are franchises and you don't know the team by the name of the city because that franchise can move - [baseball's] Dodgers were once in Brooklyn and are now in LA.

"Hull, unless there is an economic disaster, are in Hull forever so it should be Hull City - and this guy, whilst saving the club, does not understand the concept of English football."