The small squad that saw us through last season has been reduced as loan players end their terms and by the departure of Jim O’Brien. McGlinchey is gone and it seems likely that Ruddy and Jutkiewicz will follow.
Hateley and Coke are now out of contract and are free agents. We have offered them deals and in Craig’s words “they've got until the end of June to accept or move on." Mark Reynolds remains a Motherwell player at the moment but there is an expectation that some offer(s) might arrive before the window shuts.
It is reported that we have made offers to two players. The mystery men have been playing in Scotland and are now out of contract but Brown believes that others also have an interest in them. The weakness in our case is that we may be offering less than they can expect elsewhere. “If it's a money thing, Motherwell are unlikely to be able to compete but if it's an opportunity to get a game every week, we might have a chance. We are not offering the guys what they're worth - we are offering what we can afford.”
He also pointed out that since they arrived any movement of players has been out, no one has been added. Now they have a chance to start to build a team and the happenings in the next few weeks will be critical.