Football: Round-up

Thursday 19 December 1996 19:02 EST
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Hibernian have failed in a first attempt to bring the Clyde striker Eddie Annand to Easter Road, but their caretaker manager Jocky Scott is ready to increase his offer to land the 23-year-old as he tries to clinch the Hibs job on a permanent basis. Annand has scored 16 goals this season for Clyde.

The Croatian international Darko Butorovic has signed a four-year contract with the Portuguese champions Porto, a club source said. The club has already paid a transfer fee of about pounds 187,000 to Croatia's Hadjuk Split.

The Bundesliga side Borussia Monchengladbach yesterday appointed Hannes Bongartz as their new coach. He replaces Bernd Krauss, who was sacked earlier this month as the club slid into the relegation zone.

Three days after being banned for six European Cup games for head-butting Porto's Jorge Costa a month ago, the Milan striker George Weah has made a public apology for his actions.

The former Brazil coach Tele Santana, who has been out of football for almost a year because of ill-health, will be the new coach of the club side Palmeiras. Santana, who coached Brazil at the 1982 and 1986 World Cups, was forced to abandon his job with Sao Paulo early this year because of health problems.

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