Motherwell manager Mark McGhee said yesterday that 23-year-old McHugh has delayed concussion and has made his way back in Donegal to recover.
“I don’t think he will be back before Christmas or New Year. The earliest would be New Year but again it is guesswork,” McGhee told The Evening Times.
“You could be asking me the same question in six months’ time. There is no defined prognosis or timescale.
“I think you have to wait for three weeks clear of any symptoms before he can train again. And he is far from that at the moment.
“He is still having symptoms. He has seen another expert in Dublin and he has reassured him that it is not anything sinister. It will clear up, but he just has to be patient.
“If he had a broken leg, you can put a time on it. You can’t quite do that here but it will clear up. He just has to sit tight.
“I had phone Carl and tell him that no-one here felt he was letting us down or that he was taking some kind of holiday.
[adrotate group=”83″]“He is that kind of boy. The doctor over that said that in itself was causing him anxiety and we had to deal with that before he could start getting better. It is quite complicated with a head injury like that.”
