Leicester City have won their battle to hold on to goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel after telling Hull: 'He is going nowhere'.
The Tigers have had a third bid rejected for the keeper and have turned their attention to alternative targets after City refused to alter their stance.
The first two bids were of £1.25million and £1.75m, and the third was reportedly £2m plus a player, believed to be former City centre-back Jack Hobbs.
But now sources in Hull say the Tigers have switched their attention elsewhere and are on the verge of signing former Rangers goalkeeper Allan McGregor.
City are looking for a new centre-back having lost out on target Alex Baptiste to Bolton.
The former Blackpool defender instead opted for the Reebok Stadium, despite City offering a better financial package.
Hobbs, who has reportedly also been offered to Birmingham as part of a deal for defender Curtis Davies, is certainly highly-rated by City boss Nigel Pearson, who signed him from Liverpool in 2009 and then took him to Hull when he took over at the KC Stadium in June 2010.
Schmeichel was Hull's number one target, and the Tigers were said to be confident they could land the Denmark international.
Hull manager Steve Bruce is close friends with Kasper's dad Peter Schmeichel from their time together at Manchester United, and were offering him Premier League football, which Kasper has always admitted is his target.
But the 26-year-old, who has a year to run on his contract, now looks to be staying at the King Power Stadium.
City certainly want to keep their better players as they plot another promotion push, but their attempts to off-load seven of the squad have so far been frustrated.
The names of the players have been circulated to other clubs and include Jermaine Beckford, Neil Danns, Richie Wellens, Paul Gallagher and Sean St Ledger. It has been reported that the other two are Martyn Waghorn and Danny Drinkwater, but that is unconfirmed by City.
There has certainly been interest in several of the players, with Bolton interested in Beckford and Doncaster among a group of Championship clubs keen on Wellens, while St Ledger has been linked with Sheffield Wednesday. But no deals are imminent.
Meanwhile, City goalkeeper Conrad Logan has signed a new two-year contract.
