IT’S A SOUARE ONE FOR WELL
STUART KETTLEWELL welcomed Arsenal kid Mika Biereth back into the Fir Park fold as he revealed Pape Souare is facing time out due to a “freak” ankle injury from a bounce game.
The Motherwell boss arranged a closed-doors match among his squad on Sunday to make up for their clash with St Johnstone the day before being called off.
But it came at a cost for the Senegal international as Kettlewell said: “Pape’s got an ankle injury and it does look as if it’s quite a bad one. The medical guys have been right on top of it, he’s been to see a specialist, he’s had a scan and been to see another specialist.
“It does look as if he will miss a period of time and just when we felt he was fully back up to speed from his calf injury. I don’t think it could be avoided, it was a bit of a freak accident.
“He was going to block a shot in the bounce game and his foot got trapped underneath him. The ankle moves in a direction in which it has quite clearly sustained a decent degree of damage.” While the wingback is out, Kettlewell has been delighted to welcome Denmark Under-21 striker Biereth back into the building after rehabbing a knee injury suffered in only his second game on loan.
He said: “Constant calls and messages to myself and the rest of the staff and the players that he is anxious and desperate to get back up here probably tells us a story.
“When he walked in the other morning he had a big smile and he is happy to be here. We’ll just keep going with that sort of mentality.”
Ross County beckon tomorrow and he added: “Mika will be in a position where he can hopefully offer us something but we do have to be cautious.”