Stuart Kettlewell insists Dean Cornelius is key to his Motherwell masterplan as he looks to bat off interest in the midfielder from south of the border. Record Sport revealed this week that a new deal has been tabled to the Well diehard who has swapped a Fir Park season ticket for a regular spot in his boyhood team’s engine room.
Charlton Athletic, Bolton and Barnsley are keen on luring the 21-year-old to England knowing that they’d only have to pay limited compensation for a player who is out of contract in the summer.
Cornelius is in line to make his 48th top team appearance against Livingston tomorrow. And Kettlewell said: “Dean has been offered a new contract.
He knows how much I value him and how much the club values him. I’ve started him in all but one game and that one he came off the bench and was excellent up at Ross County.