LEIGH are on the verge of pulling off a transfer swoop for on-loan skipper Tim Street.

Leigh and first division Hull are close to finalising a permanent deal that would keep the popular Street at Hilton Park.

Leigh chairman Mick Higgins and Hull boss Stephen Ball

are understood to have reached a verbal agreement on a price and the Hilton Park side expect the deal to go through despite reported interest from Halifax.

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