Hull have sacked manager Nick Barmby after less than six months in charge of his hometown club, according to reports.
The club's owners Assem and Ehab Allam have refused to confirm whether or not they suspended Barmby last week over comments the 38-year-old has made in recent weeks about the club's finances.
But it is understood Barmby has now been removed from his position following a meeting with the Allams today.
Hull head of football operations Adam Pearson was sacked last week.
Pearson, 47, who spent six years as chairman of the club from 2001, had his consultancy role terminated "without notice and without compensation".
The Allams have since refused to respond to speculation that Barmby had been suspended for comments made about the club's financial situation.
Barmby has insisted on several occasions in recent weeks that team strengthening was vital during the summer if Hull were to mount a serious promotion challenge and that he would be expecting financial support from the board.
Ehab Allam has said he and his father had every right to be disappointed the Tigers had failed to finish in the play-offs this season due to the club's £17million wage bill.
He has also said he would have sanctioned the signing of striker Billy Sharp, who was available in January and later joined Southampton for £1.8million, at a cost of between £30-40,000 a week until the end of the season.
Barmby joined his hometown club as a player in 2004 following Leeds' relegation from the top flight and played a key role in the Tigers' rise to the Premier League in 2008.
The former Tottenham, Middlesbrough, Everton and Liverpool midfielder remained loyal to Hull following relegation at the end of the 2009/10 campaign and was made player/coach under previous manager Nigel Pearson the following season.
Pearson quit Hull to return to former club Leicester in November last year and local hero Barmby was installed as a popular caretaker-manager, steering the Tigers to an eighth-placed finish.
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Hull appeared on course for the play-offs until a run of five straight defeats in March derailed their challenge and they finished seven points adrift of the top six.
