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Eldin Jakupovic leaves Hull for Leicester in £2.5m deal

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By Adam Ellis

City stopper Eldin Jakupovic has sealed a move back to the by completing a switch to on a three-year deal.

The 32-year-old brings to an end five years spent on Humberside in which he gradually worked his way up to become the first-choice goalkeeper with David Marshall and Allan McGregor for competition.

Hull had been reluctant to allow Jakupovic to leave, rejecting a £2million bid from the Foxes last week before their valuation, believed to be £2.5million, was met.

The Bosnia-born Swiss international is likely to be the backup option to Kasper Schmeichel after flying to Hong Kong to complete the transfer.

A statement posted on Hull’s official club website confirmed: “Eldin Jakupovic has joined Premier League club Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.

“Jakupović departed the Tigers’ Portuguese training camp at the weekend to finalise the move, with the formal paperwork completed earlier today.

“The goalkeeper had been the Club’s longest-serving player after joining in July 2012 following a successful trial at the end of the 2011/12 season. He went on to make 55 appearances for the Tigers.”

Jakupovic spent two loan spells at in 2014 when they were a side, finishing his time at the KCOM Stadium as former manager Marco Silva’s preferred choice once Allan McGregor had sustained a back injury.

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