John Rankin insists Hamilton Accies aren't lining up a swoop for former Celtic defender Efe Embrose.
Rankin says the 33-year-old, who has additionally starred for Hibs, Livingston and St Johnstone, is simply utilizing amenities.
However Rankin threw him on in defence throughout a bounce sport final night time as a result of he felt it might assist their younger youngsters.
Rankin stated: "Efe has been in coaching, and this has been doing the rounds for weeks.
"Efe has been in coaching, we have been permitting him to come back in and use our amenities.
"He is a fantastic professional, he is a fantastic man to have in regards to the place and we let him play in a reserve sport final night time.
"I believed it was necessary that he helped to educate our younger gamers by means of the sport and he was an final skilled.
"I do not count on something much less from him, however as I stated, it isn't one which we're trying to signal, it is one which's utilizing our amenities and we thought we might get a profit out of it as effectively."
Rankin did say that two as-yet unnamed gamers are on the verge of signing, however neither of them could be match for Saturday's Championship conflict at Ayr United.
He stated: "I am nonetheless ready, there are two nonetheless within the pipeline that we're ready to get clearance on.
"Hopefully we will get that completed.
"The 2 we're in search of clearance on have not been coaching for the previous couple of days. They're struggling barely with knocks or accidents, so even when they did come on this week they would not be accessible for Saturday anyway."
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