Chelsea starlet checks in as Tim Walter discusses Mason Burstow's Hull City transfer

Tim Walter believes new Hull City signing Mason Burstow can provide something different to his side after bringing the striker in from Premier League outfit Chelsea.

Burstow penned a four-year deal at the MKM Stadium with the option of a further 12 months after City paid an undisclosed fee for his services which brought an end to his two-and-a-half-year stay at Stamford Bridge following his move from Charlton Athletic in the January 2022 transfer window.

The 21-year-old striker spent last season on loan at Sunderland in the Championship but managed just one goal - against Stoke City - in 20 appearances, though just 12 were starts.

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City, though, feel Burstow, an England Under-20 international, has raw potential and can have a positive impact and flourish in Walter's attacking style of play. The German boss says the pacey frontman has the skills to develop under his tutelage and get his career back on track.

"He's a young player. He definitely has the willingness to learn, he has a good body, he can work he's really sharp and he's strong, so I like him as a player," Walter told Hull Live.

"And if you stay in front of him, he looks massive, so that's what we need and that's what we want and he's exactly what we're looking for. Mason has good sharpness, and a good body shape and also like that (then pace to get in behind).

"If you were playing against the lower team, it's different because it's just about coming out, stepping in again, it's always out and in out and in, it's just short runs but it's more about the reaction and the timing when you do it, so you have to be fast."