Stuart Kettlewell wants ‘one or two’ Motherwell signings to replace Theo Bair

Stuart Kettlewell is braced for the task of trying to adequately replenish the Motherwell attack following the sale of striker Theo Bair to Auxerre.

The 24-year-old joined the French Ligue 1 club for a fee in the region of £1.5m on Tuesday after scoring 15 goals for Well last term and being named in the PFA Scotland team of the year.

Bair also earned a place in the Canada squad for the Copa America, where he featured in the third-place play-off on Saturday.

The former St Johnstone forward’s departure leaves Zach Robinson, Filip Stuparevic and Moses Ebiye as Kettlewell’s only senior options to play up front.

“I need to bring in one or two to give us that bit more strength and quality at the front end of the pitch,” the manager told Well TV.

“We’ve lost a major asset to the football club. I don’t look back on that, I applaud big Theo on what he’s done and the monetary value that adds to the football club, which has been fantastic for us.

“We brought him in, he got 15 goals and produced the performances to capture the eye of big clubs and we received a big fee off the back of that.

“We have to go and replace that and make sure the guys that are here continue to improve but I think, without question, you can see that we need to go and try and add bits of quality to that frontline to give us different options.”