We need to sign players, not let more leave, says Marco Silva after Hull City's loss to Fulham

The Tigers slumped to a 4-1 defeat at Fulham on an afternoon when Abel Hernandez missed two late penalties as the Championship side ran out worthy winners.

“We are playing a lot of games in a row and we don’t have the players to do the rotation we need,” said Silva.

He has reiterated there will be no more departures before tomorrow’s 11pm deadline amid speculation West Ham United and Southampton want Harry Maguire.

“We have to do something in the next two days to get more players in our squad. We have to bring quality into our squad and we need to bring three or four players in. Losing this game shows we have work to do. We will try and bring in players.

“What we want for the rest of the season is to stay in the Premier League. We changed things on Thursday (in the League Cup semi-final against Manchester United) and again here. But it is not easy with only 15 players.

“We have had to use players from our Academy. They are good players, but at this level we need more quality.”

Asked about the interest in Maguire, the Tigers’ head coach said: “We need to sign players, not let more leave.”

Hull were a pale shadow of the side that had performed so admirably against Manchester United last Thursday.

“It was not a good day for us,” added Silva, who visited Ryan Mason in hospital on Saturday and says the midfielder is “progressing well” from the fractured skull suffered in the 2-0 loss at Chelsea.

“Our team will improve. It is not easy to lose a game like we did. Fulham deserved the victory. We did not start well and they were strong. The first goal was a gift. We need a reaction in our next game.”

Curtis Davies will have a scan today on the hamstring strain that forced the defender out of yesterday’s tie after just nine minutes. He is expected to miss the next three games against Manchester United, Liverpool and Arsenal.

Michael Dawson is expected to recover from the slight knee injury that kept the Hull captain out of yesterday’s Cup exit.

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