Motherwell are close to signing striker Mikael Mandron..
The French striker, 28, has appeared 33 times in all competitions for Gillingham in England’s League Two this season but is open to a move to the Scottish Premiership. Manager Stevie Hammell recently admitted that he needs firepower in his squad to assist first-choice Kevin van Veen, and Mandron would be another attacking option.
Football Scotland understands that the Steelmen are hoping to get the player in before their upcoming Scottish Cup match against Arbroath. He’s unlikely to play this weekend because his transfer has yet to be approved. He will be a long-term signing..
The club recently loaned out Stockport County winger Olly Crankshaw, and Football Scotland exclusively revealed that they were also interested in Blackburn Rovers’ Dilan Markanday, who had previously played for Tottenham.
Regarding the recruitment of attackers, Hammell recently admitted: “We need some assistance at the top of the pitch.
“Even at the end, we brought on Stuart McKinstry, and having the ability to bring people off the bench is an important part of the game nowadays.
The impact you can make, particularly at the top end of the pitch, is enormous, and we don’t really have that right now in terms of what we can do to freshen it up and add more firepower…
That is something we do not currently have, and it is something we are working on improving.
“We’re hoping to get at least one in before the weekend and I hope we can do that, but until then I don’t think it’s right to speak about other teams’ players.
“However, we’re inquiring about more than one player, and we’re hoping to be further down the line with that sooner rather than later..
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