It is understood in Malta that as soon as Iain Dowie was appointed Football Management Consultant to Hull City, the first player he contacted to join him was Michael Mifsud.
But Mifsud had earlier signed a short term contract for Maltese club Valetta and frantic efforts by the player to try and halt the processing of the papers he had just signed proved fruitless.
If Dowie is still at Hull City in June, he is expected to try and sign him.