Motherwell midfielder Craig Tanner won't be back until after New Year; Chris Cadden faces four months out
The 24-year-old former Reading player suffered a dislocated kneecap back in March and has been under the knife twice since to delay his anticipated comeback.
Lasley said: “Tanner will still be out for a bit of time.
“It’s a real sore one.
“He’s back, he’s down at the training ground and done bits of running and things like that.
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Hide Ad“But he’s still a bit away and it will be certainly after the January break before he comes back.
“He has been a big miss for us. I think Craig had a really big impact for us last year.
“He is somebody who can kind of unlock in the final third.
“He’s got that final pass, a setplay or something in that area of the pitch.
“He can obviously score himself as well.
“Hopefully he can be like a new signing when he does come back after the January break.”
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