/ 19 July 1999

HADJI TO SIGN FOR COVENTRY

AFRICAN footballer of the year Mustapha Hadji is set to join Coventry City in a club record 4-million (or $6.5- million) transfer, chairman of the English Premiership club Bryan Richardson said on Friday. Richardson said Moroccan Hadji, who has agreed personal terms, would complete the move from Spain’s Deportivo La Coruna next week after returning from Africa where he is discussing the move with his family.