Motherwell boss Steven Hammell says new signing Louis Moult should make his debut in Sunday's Premiership clash with Hearts.
The Fir Park faithful are desperate to see the club hero make his first outing since completing a deadline day move from Burton Albion on loan.
Moult played in a 4-0 Reserve League win over Queen's Park last week, but has yet to get a first-team outing.
Last weekend's blanket postponement of fixtures due to the death of Queen Elizabeth II has forced fans to wait even longer for a first glimpse of the striker since his return, with the trip to Ross County called off.
But Hammell is confident Moult will feature at some stage of the weekend clash at home to the Jambos.
He said: "Louis is in a good place, as well as a few others.
"The squad is looking good. We never played last week so we are a bit fresher. We've tried to use the week to our advantage.
"We didn't want to be missing for so long but we've used the time to improve certain player's fitness levels and give others a little bit more rest.
"Everything has been individualised and tailored and everything is geared towards the Hearts game.
"Louis should be involved at some point at the weekend.
"He is keen, he is ready to go.
"He could have potentially played a part in the Dundee United game but everything just came too quickly for him.
Moult, whose first spell came between 2015-2018, wasn't ready to make his second bow in claret and amber for the 0-0 stalemate with Dundee United, in which Motherwell created a hatful of chances but failed to stick any of them away.
Dutch striker Kevin van Veen missed a penalty and spurned two big chances on a frustrating day in fornt of goal for the Steelmen.
And Hammell admitted: "It was probably a game that he [Moult] was watching from the stand thinking 'I could have scored in this game'.
"But hindsight is great.
"He's had a good couple of weeks training and we'll be as strong as we can be for Sunday."
Motherwell have won four of their last five home meetings with the Jambos, who will come into the game off the back of a Europa Conference League clash away to Latvian side FK Rigas tonight.
But Hammell insists Robbie Neilson's men have the depth of squad to cope with two games in a short space of time.
On Sunday's meeting, he said: "It will be a tough one. They've got a good squad, they've got good options, a top manager and arguably the best first team staff in the league.
"They've got a game during the week but they've got the numbers and ability to overcome that.
"We need to be ready for Sunday, which we will be.
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