During the reign of Jim Gannon, McGarry played in the first two matches of the season, against Llanelli in the Europa League in July, but did not feature after that.

He was reinstated to the squad for Wednesday night’s match with Hearts, coming on as a second-half substitute, by Brown, who will have to wait to make his Fir Park debut after today’s game against Hamilton was called off.

However, McGarry had by then made arrangements to further his career away from Fir Park and he will jet out to Australia on Monday for signing talks with Perth Glory, the Hyundai A-League side managed by Dave Mitchell, the former Rangers player.

“It’s a fresh start for me, hopefully, and one I’m looking forward to,” said the former St Mirren striker, who joined Motherwell in January 2006.

“The last few months have been hard, but I’ve kept myself fit throughout that time and feel in good shape.

“Perth are quite keen to have a look at me, so I’ll fly out there on Monday for talks and take it from there.”

Hamilton, meanwhile, have agreed a deal with Stuart Elliott, the former Motherwell midfielder, and have also been able to extend the loan spell of Mickael Antoine-Curier from Dundee until the end of the season.