Hull did not complete the deal by the deadline: Gremio turned down their offer and Mec moved on elsewhere, and ESPN now lists him as an FC Porto player.
The Mec market resolves YES only if Hull City officially announce a completed permanent transfer for Gabriel Mec by 23:59 BST on 24 July 2026; an agreed deal without club confirmation does not count.
Two of the last five play-off winners stayed up. We looked at the last five clubs that won the Championship play-off final and how their first Premier League season went. Three went straight back down. The two that stayed up did opposite things in their first summer. Nottingham Forest bought a whole new squad, and Brentford kept the one it had.