Motherwell have confirmed defender Ricki Lamie has signed a brand new two-year contract at Fir Park.
The 28-year-old centre-back had signed a pre-contract settlement with Dundee, topic as to if or not they secured Premiership security.
Nonetheless, the Darkish Blues had been relegated to the Championship and Lamie activated a clause that has allowed him to drag out of a transfer to the Metropolis of Discovery and keep in Lanarkshire.
Lamie has now signed new phrases with Graham Alexander's Steelmen, which can preserve him on the membership till summer time 2024, and might look ahead to Europa Convention League soccer in July when 'Properly enter the second qualifying spherical.
Motherwell have this night confirmed the information and Lamie instructed the membership web site: “Motherwell is a wonderful membership, with so many good individuals and characters.
“It was an incredible ending to the season for the crew, to complete within the prime six and qualify for Europe.
“That being mentioned, I nonetheless assume we are able to enhance and have gotten extra to offer collectively.
"I actually wish to play an element in that, which is why I'm happy to be staying for no less than one other two years and I'm already trying ahead to getting again in subsequent month.”
Boss Alexander mentioned: “We're delighted Ricki has agreed to increase his stick with the membership as we hope he'll proceed to be an enormous participant for us within the coming months and years.
“We had been in discussions together with his consultant for a while, however these had been paused when one other membership made him what was an especially enticing supply that he had no choice however to just accept.
"We understood and revered that, however had no issues round his professionalism and in precise truth he was amongst our most necessary gamers within the second half of the marketing campaign.
“When circumstances modified, it introduced a possibility for us and we’re so happy to not solely preserve somebody who's an enormous participant on the pitch, however an necessary character off it too.”
Motherwell will return to coaching subsequent month as they construct in the direction of their European journey and the beginning of the Scottish Premiership season on July 30.
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