Evening Telegraph (First Edition)
Former Tangerines star joins Staggies
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ROSS County have signed former Dundee United midfielder Tony Andreu.
The 32-year-old, who also enjoyed spells at Hamilton and St Mirren, has been a free agent since being released by the Buddies at the end of last season.
The Frenchman joins on a contract until the end of the campaign.
After making his first signing as County boss, John Hughes said: “We are delighted to add Tony to the group. Tony has good experience in the Scottish Premiership and will certainly add that experience to the team.
“Over his time in the game, Tony has shown on many occasions how important a part he can play in teams.
“You can look at his times with Hamilton, St Mirren and other clubs and see he can add that bit of quality to the teams he has played with.”
Andreu moved to Scotland in 2012 when he joined Livingston from Stade Nyonnais and later switched from Hamilton to Norwich in a £1 million deal.
He had loan spells at Tannadice and Rotherham before joining Coventry, from where he rejoined Accies on loan.
The creative midfielder then made 36 appearances in one curtailed campaign for St Mirren.
Meanwhile, Hughes has urged his players not to take heed of league positions ahead of Sunday’s Premiership trip to Livingston.
The Staggies sit at the foot of the table, with goal difference separating them from secondbottom Motherwell going into this weekend’s fixtures.
The Almondvale encounter was yesterday moved back 24 hours to Sunday due to weather concerns.
It will be Hughes’ fifth in charge since succeeding Stuart Kettlewell last month, with the former Caley Thistle manager getting off the mark with four points from the last two matches against Hibs and St Johnstone.
The national lockdown has triggered memories of last season, when the campaign was curtailed on a points per game basis.
Hearts were ultimately relegated to the Championship, having been bottom when play was suspended in March.
Hughes says the Staggies cannot afford to feel any additional angst over their current position as they aim to climb the table in the remaining 16 games of the campaign.
Hughes said: “We would love to get off the bottom of the table just in case, but there is nothing we can do about it.
“Why bring more pressure and tension to ourselves thinking like that?
“What will be will be,” he said. “I have said to the players to just focus on what they have to do, coming in every day and being the best they can be.
“In every training day, and every game, if they can come in and focus on being man of the match, it will take care of itself.”
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