It seemed Marco Silva had taken on a near-impossible job when he was hired as manager of Hull at the start of January ‘Mini-Mourinho’ breathing new life into struggling Hull It seemed Marco Silva had taken on a near-impossible job when he was hired as manager of Hull at the start of January Check out this story on USATODAY.com: http://usat.ly/2k7akEi Hull City manager Marco Silva watches the English Premier League soccer match against Liverpool at the KCOM Stadium, Hull, England, Saturday Feb. 4, 2017. MANCHESTER, England – It seemed Marco Silva had taken on a near-impossible job when he was hired as manager of Hull at the start of January.