Hull City manager Slutsky backs Hull for Premier League return

Press conference with new Hull City manager Leonid Slutsky.He says says his first impression of the club and squad are good, says he wants to have a good relationship with the players and wants a good British core, says he hopes to add to the squad soon and is very close to some signings, says he's had talks with Chelsea owner and good friend Roman Abramovich, says it won't be easy to keep hold of their existing stars but wants to prove to them they can achieve Premier League football with Hull, says it's unclear whether Shaun Maloney's move to Aberdeen will go through, talks about only learning English 5 months ago, talks about planning for the Championship season ahead and refuses to speculate on names of players linked with the club, says he hopes to bring in 6-7 players before the window closes including possibly 5 loans, says it will be hard to bring in any fellow Russians due to permit laws and wages in the Russian league, says he may bring in a further assistant coach, translates some famous English cliches into Russian, what words he's learnt from the players and says he's a fan of fish and chips and talks about Ryan Mason's return from a fractured skull - saying his injury was more serious than that famously suffered by Petr Cech