MOTHERWELL defender Ben Hall is putting his ongoing contract talks out of his mind as he focuses on bringing some silverware to Fir Park.
Hall will be part of the Motherwell under-20s side who aim to win the Scottish Youth Cup for the first time when they take on Hearts at Hampden tonight.
The 19-year-old has become a first-team regular under Mark McGhee and Motherwell are trying to sort a contract for him to stay beyond the summer.
But the Northern Ireland youth international’s only concern this week is the cup final.
“These are the big games you want to be involved in and the last few weeks of training have been geared towards this,” said the centre-back, who has made 15 first-team appearances.
“It will be the first time I have played at Hampden and the first time for most of the boys.
“I suppose if you have played in front of 45,000 at Celtic Park and dealing with that pressure, you can come back to the under-20s and deal with the pressure so hopefully nerves don’t affect us.
“There are a lot of young players coming through and to get four or five pushed into the first team is great, and hopefully that experience helps on Wednesday night,” Hall added.
On the contract situation, Hall said: “It’s ongoing at the minute. I have played a lot and I’m happy here and settled so I would be happy to stay here.”
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