Player reveals he was close to Hull City transfer in January – Still has “dream to play in England”

KVC Westerlo midfielder Mathias Fixelles has admitted he nearly joined Hull City in the January transfer window.

The 26-year-old has been speaking to RTBF about his career so far and the various paths it has taken him to date.

He’s spent all of his career in his homeland, turning out for the likes of OH Leuven, KVW Zaventem, Union SG and Kortrijk before joining Westerlo last summer.

That move has turned out well for him so far, with him featuring in 54% of the available minutes in the league this season as they have competed at the top end of the table, sitting seven but just a point outside of the top six.

His performances when he has been in the picture have seemingly earned him recognition too, with the player revealing that he had an offer to join Hull in the winter transfer window, only for it to fail at the last minute.

“I’m not surprised that we are where we are… even if I admit that you would have told me that at the start of the season, I would have had my doubts,” he said.

“Players have proven themselves, like Maxim De Cuyper, a left-back whose stats are better than half of Belgium’s forwards, or Brian Reynolds, a real war machine, striker Lyle Foster, who left for Burnley this winter.

“The problem is that Maxim and Brian are on loan and will leave at the end of the season… But that’s a lot of clubs like us: I too had this winter an offer from Hull City, a Championship club, but the transfer fell through.

“It’s my dream to play in England, I love this football culture: I went to see Fulham-Manchester United during the break.

“Full stadiums, pitches like billiards, intensity: it’s a different sport than at home…   But I also want to play in France or Italy: Marseille and Lazio Rome, that’s me.”