McCall planning to play Jennings

Motherwell manager Stuart McCall has no hesitation about playing Steve Jennings against Hibernian on Saturday. McCall is convinced Jennings is in the right frame of mind to face Hibernian despite his recent arrest.McCall will play the midfielder at Easter Road after the club confirmed he was available for selection following his arrest on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud in a joint investigation by Merseyside Police and the Gambling Commission.Jennings, one of nine men bailed until January pending further inquiries, has denied any involvement in an alleged betting scam relating to Motherwell's 2-1 defeat by Hearts in December last year, during which he was sent off.And McCall revealed the 26-year-old had assured him he was determined to play in Saturday's Scottish Premier League clash.McCall said: "It's 100% not a problem."All this week he has been training outstandingly well. I know you expect managers to say that, but he has."Him and Jamie Murphy have really shone this week. They've both trained well and there's no doubt in my mind he will be playing."He had a little bit of winding-up on the Monday when he came in but he trained really well and it's not a big decision."McCall, who took over two weeks after the Hearts match, revealed he had spoken to Jennings about the investigation "a little bit when it raised its head 10 months ago".McCall added: "Jenno just wants to get on with his football. He was a bit confused by it at first but he'll just get on with it and we've got to wait another few months now."But that's what it is. They've had a 10-month investigation and released him without charge, and we wait for another few months."As far as I'm concerned, Jenno's head is right, he wants to play, he's an important part of our team and will be playing at Easter Road."The arrest threatened to derail Motherwell's excellent start to the season, which sees them sitting above Celtic in second place.But Tom Hateley is confident Jennings and Motherwell can continue their impressive form."He seems to be enjoying himself at training, along with all the other lads," the right-back said."It's something that we're not trying to get too caught up in."We've got a massive game on Saturday and we can't wait to get out there."We have just got on with the football side of things. It's not something we have spoken to him about."He loves playing his football and he has been good to be around this week, as usual."Motherwell go into the game on the back of a comfortable 3-1 victory at Dundee United before the international break.Hateley added: "We've got massive belief in our squad that we can win games."It may be a bit of a surprise to see ourselves sitting in second but it's something we're relishing."We haven't had much of the limelight and I'm happy about that. A lot of the press has been about the Old Firm as it probably should be."That has worked well for us. We have just gone under the radar and done what we had to do to get three points."We have got players at this club that can win you games and are quick and good on the counter attack, and we've done well away from home so far."

Source: Team_Talk