Phil Brown insists he has no regrets over bringing Jimmy Bullard to Hull City.

The Tigers paid a club record £5million for the midfielder, but he has been ruled out for the rest of the season after suffering a knee injury on his debut.

"We made a big decision, more to a point the chairman and the board of directors made a big decision, to bring Jimmy to the club," said Brown.

"But I said to the chairman before the operation, 'when Jimmy wakes up, he is a Hull City player'. That is a bonus for me.

“We have got him for four-and-a-half years, albeit with the start if that career on a treatment table, unfortunately for us.

"For me it wasn't a gamble, it wasn't a risk, to the extent people are talking about. For me it was an investment in an international player.

"There are no regrets whatsoever about signing Jimmy Bullard.”