Silva almost pulled off a great escape with Hull City, having lifted
the club from rock bottom on his Jan. 5 to fourth - bottom on May 6, but they then suffered a stunning 2 - 0 defeat to Sunderland before losing 4 - 0 the following week to Crystal Palace.
The tiny, compared to most Premier League transfers, price that we paid combined with him coming
from a
club that had just finished
rock bottom of the Championship did not help and not many of us knew much, if anything, about him.