Michael Higdon & Tom Hateley leave Motherwell
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Motherwell striker Michael Higdon and defender Tom Hateley have left the Fir Park outfit.
Higdon, 29, who joined the club in 2011, was the SPL's top goalscorer last season and was also named player of the year.
Both players were out of contract in the summer and see their futures elsewhere.
"We now think of them as ex-players. They are out the door," said manager Stuart McCall.
Hateley, son of former England and Rangers striker Mark, joined Motherwell in 2009.
Earlier this month, Higdon was linked with English Championship outfit Barnsley.
"Their agents have made it clear they won't be coming back," said McCall.
"I've spoken to both of them. They were both great servants for the club and I've no worries about them going down south."
McCall said he intends to bolster his squad with five signings ahead of the new campaign.

"I've got belief in the players we're targeting now and that we're speaking to," he added.
"We've got to aim as high as we can to bring in the quality we need. If we can't get them then you move down your list.
"But that's the same as players and they'll have an eye on certain divisions or clubs they want to play at. If that doesn't come about, we might be the next step down."
McCall remains hopeful of retaining former Scotland striker James McFadden, who returned to the club last season as he battles back from injury.
"James isn't in with us today," said the Motherwell boss. "I don't even know if he is still on holiday if I'm being honest.
"But there is always a chance with James. We had him in for training at this stage last year, but he went to Sunderland. Then he came back to us in the Christmas period but we didn't know what was going to happen.
"He ended up coming knocking on the door and signing with us.
"He played really well and it was a good fit. He did well for us and we gave him a platform to get fit.
"With James, as with all good players, he will have options. But you are not going to wait forever for any player. We will see over the weekend where James decided is best for his future, whether its abroad, England or another Scottish club.
"But we would love to have him back. If it can happen, we will try to make it happen."
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the govan lie machine
9 Minutes ago
This happens to clubs like Motherwell every couple of seasons. Motherwells policy for about a decade has been to appoint managers with a decent knowledge of the English lower leagues where they can pluck unkown players, get a few years out of them and they move on - usually to bigger and better things. It works tremendously well too. McCall will be fine.
Instead of plundering out of contract English League 1 and 2 players maybe Well SHOULD play more young Scottish players - THAT is the key to improving our game here.
Higdon - "a bigger move"? To where? He's had 1 decent scoring season, and a lot of his goals were penalties. Why is no one breaking their neck to sign him? Almost 30, 91 goals/315 games. He's a journeyman pro.
Hooper: 25, 173 goals/389 games. Celtic have had multi million pound bids for him.
Griffiths: A loanee now back in English Div One with Wolves. No one bidding for him.
If I was a bookie I'd definitely take your bet that 'Well could be second again. As well as those I've already mentioned, they've also lost McFadden, Ojamaa, Hutchinson, Hammell, Humphrey, Law, and Randolph.
That's more or less their whole first team squad, so how the hell can they possibly compete? They'll be lucky not to end up in the bottom couple come the end of the season.
Oh wait, Fenlon would rather sign League 1 and Irish league players.
In fact, their squad has been decimated further by other defections in the past month, so all in all it looks very bleak for them this coming season. They've no money to buy anyone decent.
If they can get good value players into their squad that make the club successful then they should do it by any means at their disposal. Unfortunately, the future of Scottish talent shouldn't come into it.
The cleansing of Scottish football continues.
Yeh - just to even things up maybe Well should be given a 15 point retrospective penalty for their Administration when they walked away from their debt totally unpunished.