Manager Jens Berthel Askou has been speaking with the media before Motherwell's home Premiership fixture against Hibernian on Saturday.
Here are the key points:
With no Motherwell players selected for Scotland's pre-World Cup upcoming friendlies against Japan and Ivory Coast, the Danish manager says it was no surprise to him, adding it's "not up to me".
"I would be very surprised if there were suddenly a lot of changes in that squad that has brought them there [to the World Cup]," he says. "We play a very different style of football than the national team does."
But Askou adds: "I do hope that all our players get to live that dream, that I was nowhere near when I was playing back in the days. Some of them might have hoped, because they've had a good season, but it's not something that has been a topic in our club."
Motherwell are six points ahead of Hibs, who they face on Saturday, but Askou insists: "We try to look forward. Staring at a league table won't make us better. We are fully aware we are in a position now in the league we would love to stay in and then reach out for whatever is possible from there."
The Dane says European football is now the target having secured a top-six place: "Getting into Europe and getting these qualification matches after the summer break is something that we are really ambitious about."
He describes Hibs as a team that have had "some really good spells" and recruited well, having sold Kieron Bowie "for a really good fee", something he hopes will lead the way for other clubs to generate more income.
Askou adds: "I hope in general for Scottish football that we are able to lift our income transfer revenue."
On the chance of big-money departures for players linked with moves in the summer, Askou says: "That's the ambition we have on their behalf when they come here, that they get an opportunity to highlight and showcase themselves and lift the club at the same time up to the next level. And then when the time is right, like it was with Lennon [Miller] last summer, and like it wasn't in the winter for a few of our players where there was some possibilities if we had chased them, it will happen."
Elijah Just is fit for the weekend although Emmanuel Longelo is suspended for one match after his red card in the defeat to Celtic. On-loan Celtic defender Stephen Welsh is available again.
