Jefferies swoops with double swop deals

IAN PAUL

11 Oct 1995

HEARTS manager Jim Jefferies, who has been trying hard to arrange transfer deals to freshen his squad, is expected to bring in two new players today, with two leaving Tynecastle.

Former Rangers player David Hagen is to be swopped with Falkirk midfielder and ex-Celtic man, Steve Fulton, as Jefferies goes back to his former club to make his first move since taking charge at Tynecastle at the start of the season.

It is also understood that another swop deal will be concluded within the next 24 hours, when St Johnstone goalkeeper Andy Rhodes will join Hearts in an exchange for John Millar.

Jefferies has used three keepers so far this season -- Henry Smith, Craig Nelson, and Gary O'Connor -- but it seems that Rhodes will become the fourth to try to give him stability.

Falkirk manager John Lambie is still interested in striker Colin Cramb, who is out of favour at Tynecastle under Jefferies -- who sold him to Hearts for £50,000 from Brockville.

* DUNDEE United teenager Dale Gray broke a leg in a reserve game on Monday, joining half a dozen Tannadice players already in plaster.

Manager Billy Kirkwood is expected to renew interest in Celtic striker Willie Falconer now that the Tannadice move for Bolton's Owen Coyle has fallen through.

Coyle guested for Dumbarton last night as they lost 3-2 to Rangers in a testimonial for the Boghead kit man, Dick Jackson.

* LARS Bohinen has admitted that controversial agent Rune Hauge was heavily involved in his recent cut-price move from Nottingham Forest to Blackburn.

However, the Norwegian claimed: "There is nothing illegal or anything for Blackburn to worry about."

The English FA are preparing details of the transfer for FIFA's inspection because of suggestions that Hauge, whose "gifts" brought down Arsenal manager George Graham, has taken a cut from the £750,000 Ewood deal.

Bohinen said: "It was natural for me to speak to him -- he's Norwegian, he has done all the Norwegian transfers to English football for the last 10 years, and he's very good at this game."

His move, cashing in on a clause in his contract from his £400,000 move from Young Boys of Berne which put a ceiling on a future move of £750,000, infuriated Forest manager Frank Clark.

Bohinen insisted that Clark declined "several" offers to buy out the clause.

Taken from the Herald