Hull must improve with each deal - Swan

[Getty Images] Hull City need to bring in players who can compete at Premier League level, says former Tigers player Peter Swan. "Most of the squad are Championship players," Swan told BBC Radio Humberside. "So it doesn't surprise me that any of them could possibly move on to the same standard that they came from. "Only thing you'd want, and they did this last year, the recruitment team did exceptionally well by the point the players they brought in were better than the players that left, and I think that's what we've got to ask for this year." Jack Butland became Hull's first signing of the summer on Thursday, but before the news broke, Swan already believed it would be a perfect example of improving on what they had. Swan added: "Is he going to be a back-up or a number one because the manager last year gave Ivor Pandur the number-one shirt. Every opportunity to put him back in, he did, and that's how the manager feels. "Is he going to bring Butland as a number one? We'll have to wait and see but the good thing is - what we've done there is brought, for me, a better player in that position than the one we're letting go." Click play below to hear the full discussion or listen on BBC Sounds here