Hughes close to Pirates switch
15 May 2008 - 15:28:25
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- Hughes close to Pirates switch
Bristol Rovers manager Paul Trollope hopes to tie up the signing of Crystal Palace defender Jeff Hughes as soon as possible.
The 22-year-old former Lincoln City star moved to the Memorial Stadium towards the end of the season just ended only to almost immediately suffer an injury in a reserve team match.
"Jeff's still in rehab at the moment," Trollope told the Pirates' official website.
"He's kicking and playing at the moment though which is good progress, and we're keeping in touch with him regularly.
"With Crystal Palace exiting the play-offs against (Bristol) City it might well work to our advantage in terms of his wages and what would have happened had they won promotion.
"But he's now agreed to come here and it's more or less all agreed between ourselves and him.
"There are one or two issues outstanding, but now that Palace's future has been resolved hopefully it will accelerate things."