Hull City are interested in PSV Eindhoven defender Jordy de Wijs, according to VI.NLThe 23-year-old centre back has played just once for the Dutch champions, having spent the last two seasons on loan at fellow Eredivisie side, Excelsior.Having made three appearances for the Netherlands under 21’s in 2015, the future looked bright for de Wijs, but he struggled to break into his sides defence and was sent on loan.De Wijs specialty is his aerial ability, with the 6 foot 2 defender winning 70.89% of his aerial duels last season.The Dutchman will be looking to replace Michael Dawson after the veteran centre back moved to Nottingham Forest on a free transfer this summer.We compared de Wijs to Dawson as well as Hull’s Ondrej Mazuch and there loanee from last season, Michael Hector. De Wijs was the most successful in aerial duels last season in comparison to the other three Hull defenders.He is also second in total passes and pass completion, with Dawson only beating de Wijs on average tackles won per game, where the 23-year old is weakest.De Wijs will certainly add great attacking threat from set pieces to Hull’s side as well as being a great defensive asset from them.However, Hull may be worried about his low amount of average tackles won per game, with that one of his clear weaknesses for him.

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