Hull had completed seven permanent arrivals by 10 August, Butland, Zambrano, Targett, Morita, Tzolakis, Hjerto-Dahl and Stroud, before the club-record moves for Mendy and Herrington later in the window, per ESPN's confirmed ins and outs for every Premier League club.
The signings market counts a permanent transfer from the date Hull City officially announce it on the club website, cross-checked against ESPN's confirmed Premier League ins and outs; loans and academy deals are excluded, and the count is taken at 23:59 BST on 10 August 2026.
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.