<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="629" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><div class="mxb"><div class="sh">Malpas wields axe on 10 players </div></div></td></tr><tr><td style="width: 416px" valign="top"><font size="2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="203" align="right" border="0"><tbody><tr><td><div> <div class="cap">Maurice Malpas is looking to freshen up his squad</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table>Motherwell have announced 10 players who will be released in the summer, including defender Bobby Donnelly and midfielder Shaun Fagan. Donnelly broke into the first-team as an 18-year-old under previous manager Terry Butcher. </p> But the 20-year-old has made just three appearances this term - his last outing under Maurice Malpas was in September. </p> Fagan made his first-team debut in 2002, but the 23-year-old has been on loan with Third Division Stenhousemuir. </p> Striker Adam Coakley has made three substitute appearances for the Scottish Premier League outfit, but the 19-year-old has also been on loan with Stenhousemuir. </p> Steve Maguire, a 20-year-old midfielder, has made five first-team appearances but does not figure in Malpas's long-term plans. </p> Neither do goalkeeper Dougie Calder, 21, and defender Willie Soutar, 19, who have also been part of the first-team squad. </p> Youth team members Mark Sideserf, Craig Brownlie, David Gormley and Alex Donnelly will also leave in the summer. </p> However, youth squad members Kenny Connelly, David Nixon and Alan Martin have been offered new contracts. </p> Meanwhile, Malpas has spoken of his delight at the return to action of defender Brian McLean. </p> The 22-year-old played against Rangers reserves, his first action since suffering a knee injury in September. </p> And Malpas said: "He was very nervous before the game on Wednesday for fear that anything went wrong. </p> "He flew the 45 minutes he played, but he is a bit sore and stiff now. We are pleased for him as a person as much as we are as a club to have him back." </p> Malpas hopes that McLean can return to the first-team before the end of the season. </p> Veteran midfielder Phil O'Donnell was due to return to action in the same reserve game but was forced to sit the game out after feeling tightness in his calf. </p> O'Donnell has been told he must prove his fitness before being offered a new contract for next season. </p></font></td></tr></tbody></table>
