Hull City can have no regrets - Selles

Hull City boss Ruben Selles has won nine of his 28 matches in charge

Hull City boss Ruben Selles has called on everyone at the club to pull together as they look to avoid relegation from the Championship on the final day of the season.

The Tigers travel to Portsmouth on Saturday in 22nd place and will be relegated if they lose.

However, a victory on the south coast will secure their second-tier status.

Speaking at his news conference on Thursday, Selles told BBC Radio Humberside he would "play the game today".

"I'm looking forward to going to compete for the three points," he said. "It has been a very difficult season for everyone but it is down to us and what we can do.

"At the end of the game we will see where we are but until that moment, let us have no regrets and go for absolutely everything together and support each other because it is in those moments that you truly show yourselves."

It has been a lacklustre campaign for the East Yorkshire side, who finished seventh under Liam Rosenior in 2023-24, and a difficult past seven days.

Saturday's late home defeat by fellow strugglers Derby County, a 10th loss in front of their own support this season, saw the normal end-of-season lap of appreciation scrapped at short notice.

At the start of this week players were informed that their wages would be delayed, although these have now been paid in full, and the club's end-of-season awards ceremony was cancelled because Selles "did not want the distraction".

Some fans made their displeasure known after the defeat by the Rams but the Spaniard said that was not the reason the team did not come back out to thank the fans.

"I understand that some fans can be disappointed," he said. "Everyone has the right to react in a situation that you don't like but you don't have the right to disrespect people.

"We are human beings and sometimes people react. You shouldn't because then it is even worse but this is the thing when people are angry.

"Sometimes people feel too much freedom to express their feelings in a way that can't be repeated."