Source: FOOTYMAD
Jutkiewicz Happy To Stay With Motherwell
It must be something they put in the Fir Park tea as nearly everybody wants to stay working with Carig Brown and Archie Knox. Everton striker Lukas Jutkiewicz is keen to stay at Motherwell for at least another season as he approaches the last weeks of his loan spell. Jutkiewicz has provided 10 goals for Motherwell despite playing through injury for almost three months. Jutkiewicz has one year left on his contract at Goodison Park, where he has made just one appearance, from the bench, since signing from Swindon in an initial £800,000 deal in July 2007. He would like his immediate future settled and is keen for Motherwell and Everton to come to a deal that will help him develop further under Craig Brown and Archie Knox. Jutkiewicz said: "I've been really happy here. Since the manager (Brown) and Archie came in, I have been injured a lot of the time. I don't feel they have seen the best of me yet. If they were happy to keep me, I would like to stay next season if possible. But a lot of it is out of my hands. If it's another loan deal, Everton risk losing me for nothing at the end of next season, so they might be looking to get a transfer fee. But I'm really happy here so if I could stay it would be great." Jutkiewicz, who followed Everton team-mate John Ruddy to Fir Park in August, would welcome Motherwell being able to find the wherewithal to bring him to Fir Park on a permanent deal. The striker, who has also played on loan for Huddersfield and Plymouth, said: "That would be great if they could but that's for the money men to decide. There are other things going on in England but I feel settled here. I have been tossed around quite a bit from club to club and I am enjoying it here." Jutkiewicz's goal tally would no doubt have been higher had he not had to play through the pain barrier in recent months. The Southampton-born player has missed several games and come off the bench in others but he has always shown willingness to ignore a knee injury to help Motherwell's European charge. Jutkiewicz has consulted a knee specialist as well as physios at Motherwell and Everton who have assured him the injury will be cured in the summer. He said: "The problem started in the beginning of Feb so it's been a frustrating couple of months. I've had a couple of painkilling injections and been assured it's not going to be a long-term issue so I'm happy to try to play when I can. I haven't felt like a loan player here, I've felt really comfortable here, so playing through the pain barrier is something I'm happy to do." Motherwell returned to fourth place in the SPL ahead of Saturday's trip to Celtic Park and Jutkiewicz is desperate to maintain that position, which guarantees a Europa League place. Jutkiewicz has sampled European football from the bench against teams such as Fiorentina and Nuremberg and is keen to take his experience further. He said: "If we finish in fifth place and we get a European place we're in two weeks earlier. If you finish in fourth place, you get two weeks' extra holiday. So the manager doesn't need to give a team-talk, that's a huge incentive. And it's another round towards getting to the group stages. Even if I'm not here I would love to help the lads get there, but ideally it would be something I could be involved in." Editor Ger Harley (ger@scottishfitba net)Admin Team (admin@scottishfitba net)This is Scottish-Fitba Net
