Hull City caretaker manager Mike Phelan has suggested that he will not sign a permanent deal with the club unless it is right for 'himself and his family'.

Earlier on Friday, Phelan said that little progress had been made in negotiations with the club as he targets a stay at the KCOM Stadium after leading the Tigers to seven points from their opening four Premier League fixtures.

Phelan has since clarified the situation by saying that he had been offered a contract during the last 24 hours but it appears that he is no closer to agreeing to become the permanent successor to Steve Bruce.

The 53-year-old told BBC Humberside: "I've made no secret of what I want to do here but you have to take care of certain issues for yourself. The deal has to be right for myself and my family and be clear we're talking about the Premier League, we're not in the Championship.

"I would like to have got it done weeks ago but it's only in this last 24 hours we've ended up in this state of affairs with pounds shillings and pence.

"I don't want to talk about the money, I don't want to talk about what the contract entails because to be frank it's nobody else's business. But, you do want parity with the Premier League and going forward hopefully that's what will happen."

Hull play host to Arsenal this weekend.