Ross County midfielder Jonathan Franks has been told he can leave if he finds another club.
The 26-year-old, who joined the club from Hartlepool United in 2015, has fallen out of the first-team reckoning at County, with his last start for the club coming in the 4-0 defeat at Aberdeen on October 15.
With Jim O’Brien joining the club this month, McIntyre has an abundance of wide players in his squad and Franks has found himself slipping down the pecking order.
Another player who could leave the club today is youth-team graduate Tony Dingwall, who has been made available for loan. The 22-year-old has struggled for regular football this season after making the starting 11 just four times.
While some players could leave the club today, manager Jim McIntyre’s focus is firmly on his side’s game against Motherwell at Victoria Park tonight.
Well’s Australian attacker Scott McDonald is in the squad for the trip to Dingwall tonight after his club appealed his red card against Rangers.
McIntyre knows McDonald’s importance to Well as Mark McGhee’s men try to improve on a run of just one win in nine matches.
The County manager said: “Scott McDonald is a clever player with real quality. He takes up great positions. His partnership with Louis Moult has been very good.
“Games against Motherwell are always tough. They beat us convincingly at Fir Park and we have to look to return the favour.
“Both teams had tough Saturday afternoons and we will both be looking to bounce back. They have good players, I like their squad. They have a mix of experience and youth.
“They are similar to us in the way they play, with good width and goalscorers in their team, so we know we will be in for a tough game.”
County’s consistency, despite Saturday’s setback, has improved of late but McIntyre knows there is little room for complacency.
He said: “Motherwell have found wins harder to come by of late but we were like that ourselves when we went on a run of only one win in 10.
“We have shown a good bit of consistency in the past couple of months and we want to maintain that. It’s the only way we can get back into the top six and stay there.”
While setting frustrations over Saturday’s defeat behind him, McIntyre knows lessons have to be learned in terms of costly individual errors and in ensuring a more ruthless streak in front of goal.
He said: “It was a lesson for us but the beauty of football is having another game coming so quickly when you’ve had a poor result. And make no mistake, it was a poor result.”