The Tigers have been given permission to speak to the former Tottenham and West Ham forward after their club record-equalling bid was accepted last week.

Brown is anxious to bring in more firepower after seeing previous moves for Michael Owen, Fraizer Campbell, Marc-Antoine Fortune and Daryl Murphy fall by the wayside this summer.

Zamora, 28, is now free to meet Hull officials after returning from Fulham's pre-season tour of Australia.

"I'm hopefully speaking with Bobby Zamora tomorrow to discuss personal terms and show him around what could be his new home," said Brown.

Another forward linked with a move to the KC Stadium is Liverpool's Andriy Voronin but Brown has played down the speculation.

Ukraine international Voronin could be made available after spending last season on loan at Hertha Berlin.

"We have not made any contact with Liverpool with regards to Andriy Voronin," said Brown.

However, when asked if Voronin was a player that could interest him, he added: "Of course he would."

Brown admits he has endured a frustrating few weeks on the transfer front but remains hopeful of bringing in new faces before the Barclays Premier League campaign begins at Chelsea on August 15.

"The disappointments about the transfer market are there for everyone to see," he said.

"But we are still optimistic we will get our targets in. We are in pursuit of certain targets as we speak and we will continue with them.

"We are trying to be proactive but, unfortunately for us, being a small fish in a big ocean, we are having to be reactive most of the time.

"But as we stand we have bids in place and interest in a number of Premier League-quality players.

"Hopefully we'll get the players into the building before the start of the season."

Brown has not ruled out the possibility that defender Sam Ricketts, who has been linked with Everton and Portsmouth, could leave the club.

The Wales international is in the final year of his contract and while Brown wants the 27-year-old to stay he admits there has been interest.

He said: "There are two Premier League clubs interested in Sam Ricketts, who will remain nameless, but Sam seems to have come back in a good vein of form and got his nose to the grindstone early doors.

"He has played in a couple of games so far and we'll see how that goes over the next three or four games."

Brown said he also expects Michael Turner to remain at the club despite fresh reports linking the centre-half with a move.