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Motherwell close to signing Newcastle Jets striker Apostolos Stamatelopoulos, says boss Stuart Kettlewell
The Steelmen are set to seal another signing ahead of the new Premkiership season
Stuart Kettlewell confirmed that Motherwell are close to signing recently-capped Australia forward Apostolos Stamatelopoulos.
The Newcastle Jets striker, who scored 17 times in the A-League last season and earned his first Socceroos cap against Palestine last month, has been lined up to fill the void left by Theo Bair, who joined French Ligue 1 side Auxerre for a seven-figure fee last week.
However, Kettlewell played down suggestions that the Fir Park club are paying a transfer fee of £260,000 for the 25-year-old.
“Apostolos is traveling over to Scotland just now and I can confirm there is an agreement in place subject to medical,” he said at a press conference on Friday ahead of Sunday’s Premier Sports Cup match against Partick Thistle.
“His partner was due to give birth on Monday so that has delayed proceedings by a couple of days. He’s someone we have been tracking and following for a while. We would hope if we can get him past that medical in the next day or so, I would love to think he starts to come into the mix and our group right away.
