Hull City have the option to make winger Josh Bowler's move from Everton permanent at the end of this season for a fee of £5million, a report from Hull Live has revealed.

Bowler joined Hull on loan until the end of the season during the summer transfer window from the Premier League side, having never previously made a senior appearance for the Merseyside outfit.

It now appears as though that may not happen at all, should Hull trigger that option to keep the 20-year-old at the KCOM Stadium long-term next summer, although that £5million valuation means this wouldn't exactly be a cheap deal for Hull to complete.

So is Bowler worth the £5million the Tigers would have to pay to secure his services beyond the current campaign?

Here, we put the spotlight on the winger's performances for Hull so far this season to find out.

Following a slow start to the campaign, Bowler has been handed more of an opportunity in the past couple of weeks by Hull, with the winger making his first two league starts for the club in their last two games, although it appears as though the 20-year-old has yet to fully take his chance with Grant McCann's side.

With Bowler making just nine progressive runs across the course of his ten league appearances in total, it doesn't really seem as though the 20-year-old is quite taking the game to opposition sides as much as Hull may want him to, although admittedly, with the majority of the winger's appearances coming from the bench, that is something that could be impacted by the state of the game at the point of his introduction.

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Another issue that may concern Hull as things currently stand is the number of chances that Bowler is creating when he is on the pitch.

With the winger registering just one shot assist so far this season, it seems he may struggle to create the opportunities for his teammates to make much of an impact going forward.

Indeed, with the 20-year-old yet to be successful with any of his ten crosses attempted this season, it does seem as though he has so far struggled to establish much of a connection with his Hull teammates, which could make spending £5million to make his move permanent something of a risk for the Tigers.

Despite that, there are other signs that do suggest Bowler is starting to adapt at Hull, that may yet tempt the Championship to look to make his move permanent.

Having scored his first senior goal with a clinically taken finish in Hull's 3-0 win at Fulham at the weekend, Bowler may now have the confidence to build on that breakthrough and start to make more of an impact for the Tigers going forward.

With an offensive duel success rate of just over 40%, it does seem as though Bowler has the potential to make that sort of difference, meaning that if that boost in confidence does give him the incentive to push on and back that up, he may yet turn into an attractive proposition for a side such as Hull.

As a result, it seems as though the jury may well still be out on whether Bowler is worth the £5million Hull would have to pay to keep him beyond the end of the season, although with the campaign only just entering November, there is still plenty of time for the Tigers to make that decision themselves one way or another.