Stuart Kettlewell: I have nothing to prove. If Well think I'm the man for the job I'll consider it

Motherwell interim boss Stuart Kettlewell says he has nothing to prove as he takes the club on an interim basis.

Kettlewell enjoyed a degree of success while he was Ross County boss, and feels that a lot of his achievements were overlooked.

But he says his situation at Motherwell is simple – if he’s offered the job on a permanent basis he will consider it, and if he isn’t, there will be no hard feelings.

As he prepares the side for tomorrow’s Premiership clash against St Mirren at Fir Park, Kettlewell says he knows how to do this.

He said: “The brutally honest answer is that if the football club thought I was the right fit for this job and they thought I was the right guy for this job, I would certainly take it into consideration.

“If they don’t? I have a role here of developing young players, that was the job I came in to take, fully focused on and fully intent on trying to do it for a period of time and get success.

“I’m not trying to be arrogant in any way – I like to think that my CV shows that development side has been a big part of my make-up as a coach and as a manager.

“At first-team level I felt I was pretty successful in developing players, and with that came a degree of success.

“But if the board and the chairman don’t feel that I was the right fit for it and they want to look somewhere else, that’s fine.

“I’m not pitching myself forward for this job, I’m not about being a salesman or trying to audition for anything.

“You have to be specific with this as well, it’s not just a generic ‘let’s throw someone in and do a job’, it has to be what the club want for their culture and how they want to try and move the club forward.

“If I fit with that, it might be something that I would consider. If it doesn’t, there’s