Bristol City's play-off victory over Crystal Palace has increased the chances of Jeff Hughes joining Rovers during the summer.

Paul Trollope has said that had the Eagles triumphed over the Robins and then found their way to the Premier League, the left-sider may have been out of the Pirates' reach.

Hughes joined Rovers towards the end of the season, but returned to Selhurst Park almost immediately after sustaining a reserve match injury.

"Jeff is still in rehab at the moment," Paul told bristolrovers.co.uk, "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 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."