Nicky Law was today linked with the vacant manager's job at Hull City - just two months after taking over the Bantams.

Strong speculation suggested the City boss was in the frame to succeed Brian Little, who was recently sacked by the ambitious Third Division club.

But City chairman Geoffrey Richmond this afternoon dismissed the reports and said: "The story is absolute nonsense."

Rotherham's Ronnie Moore is believed to be the top name on a shortlist drawn up by Hull chairman Adam Pearson. But it is understood Law has also been mentioned, as well as Scunthorpe's Brian Laws.

Law was not at yesterday afternoon's reserve game against Liverpool and missed training this morning for talks at Valley Parade with Richmond.

The former Chesterfield boss, who succeeded Jim Jefferies on New Year's Eve, has been in charge for only nine games.

After an opening defeat at Walsall in the FA Cup, City lost only two of the next seven games to pull away from the First Division relegation zone.

But they have since lost successive matches against strugglers Sheffield Wednesday and Stockport - and Law was livid after Tuesday night's loss at the bottom club.

He is desperate to revamp the squad he inherited and plans to bring in between seven and 10 new faces during the summer. Danny Cadamarteri is so far the only new permanent face since he took the hot-seat.

Hull, who are in the chase for promotion, have put first-team coach Billy Russell in temporary charge for the rest of the season. But Pearson has already hinted that he is chasing someone who is currently under contract elsewhere.

The big-spending East Yorkshire club splashed out more than £1m last summer and Pearson has made it clear more would be available for the right man.

Law is preparing to lift his shell-shocked players for tomorrow night's home game against Manchester City.

He admitted: "The players have got to dig a performance out from somewhere and do the job they're well paid for.

"In the last two games that hasn't happened and I'm very disappointed for the supporters.

"We all want them to cheer and get behind the team but we've got to give them something in return. I have to stand there and take the abuse and it's not nice. But if the team aren't performing you are going to get that.

"There are two ways of dealing with it. You either let it get you down or you stand up strong and that's what we have to do."