Evening Telegraph (First Edition)

POSITIVE SEND-OFF PLEA FROM McGHEE

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MARK McGhee has urged his Motherwell side to pack him off to Wembley with a win and let him leave his Fir Park troubles behind.

The Steelmen boss — who doubles as Scotland assistant manager — i s due to hook up with the national team and Gordon Strachan on Sunday ahead of next week’s do-or-die World Cup qualifying clash with England.

But before that, he has club duties to attend to as ’Well travel to Dundee for tomorrow’s Ladbrokes Premiershi­p meeting.

McGhee’s side, currently ninth in the standings, are looking to build on l ast weekend’s impressive 4-1 win over Ross County and admits

He said: “A win would allow me to leave Motherwell behind sense.

“I not dwelling on anything that is happening here when I’m away with the national team if we get a result.

“I used to see it with Stuart McCall when he was manager here. He would come to the Scotland camp and, if it was on the back of a bad result, we’d all be avoiding him for the first 12 hours.

“But if you go in on a positive note, it helps my mentality when I’m there with the national team and also helps me to leave this place behind for the six or seven days that I have to.”

Meanwhile, Motherwell winger Chris Cadden has signed a new deal to stay at the Fir Park club until the summer of 2019. in a

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