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#motherwell

Motherwell have signed "comfortable and reliable" centre-half Stephen Welsh on a season-long loan from Scottish Premiership rivals Celtic. The 25-year-old has played 68 games for Celtic since coming through the Scottish champions' youth system but has not featured this season for Brendan Rodgers' side. He spent the second half of last season on loan to Mechelen as they finished eighth in the Belgian Pro League, playing 17 games, starting all but two of them.

Motherwell began their League Cup adventure with a penalty victory against Clyde and have secured eight points from their first three Group G matches, culminating in a gritty win against Stenhousemuir.