Overview
- O'Neill said Callum McGregor is a major doubt for Saturday against Motherwell after he sat out the Scottish Cup win at Ibrox.
- The manager described the problem as a recurrence from last season with soreness after Aberdeen, and the club will continue to monitor his condition without setting a return date.
- O'Neill suggested Kieran Tierney has a better chance of featuring this week after also missing the derby.
- Former defender Charlie Mulgrew has claimed the issue involves McGregor's Achilles and questioned the handling of his heavy workload, noting he has played at least 40 games in each of the past nine seasons.
- With the captain unavailable, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Paulo Bernardo are in line for larger roles after impressing off the bench at Ibrox.