Hull warn against moving play-off final as Middlesbrough call for Southampton's expulsion

Hull City head coach Sergej Jakirovic is urging the EFL not to rearrange next weekend’s Championship play-off final after seeing his team become “collateral damage” in the Southampton ‘spygate’ saga.Tuesday’s semi-final second leg saw Southampton provisionally book a place with an extra-time win but opponents Middlesbrough have publicly called for the south-coast side to be hit with a sporting sanction and thrown out of the play-offs. Southampton have been charged with a breach of the EFL rules after it was alleged a member of their backroom team spied on a Middlesbrough training session two days before the sides met in their first leg.Advertisement