DEFENDER Michael Doyle says the Morton squad have been left in ‘limbo’ as the players’ futures remain uncertain.

Previous manager Jim Duffy offered the right-back a new deal, as well as large numbers of the current squad for next season.

But the 59-year-old left the Cappielow side by ‘mutual consent’ after their final league game against Inverness Caley Thistle, and the club have begun searching for their next boss.

The Greenock side only have four players signed up for next season, with all the other members of the squad’s deals expiring next month.

And Doyle says he’s never been in a situation like this before.

He told the Tele: “We don’t actually know what’s happening. A lot of the boys are in limbo at the moment, we’re waiting to hear from the club. I’ve not spoken to anyone at Morton.

“Some of the boys have been offered deals, and me personally I’m still waiting to see, because I’d spoken to the manager before he left and he didn’t know he was losing his job. 

“I’ve never been in this position where the manager offers you a contract and then loses his job before you sort out your contract.

“Right now we don’t know what’s happening until a new manager comes in, but most of the boys are contracted until June anyway, so the club don’t need to do anything now and are obviously trying to find a new manager first and foremost.”

The defender played 43 times for Morton last season, scoring his first goal for the club against rivals St Mirren last month.

The right-back is keen to stay on, despite the disappointing end to the campaign — as long as the new manager wants him next year.

He added: “If the manager comes in and wants me I’d like to stay.

“The manager might come in and decide he might not want me, and I think a lot of the boys are the same.

“We’re waiting to see who comes in, and the board are trying to make the right choice and I imagine the manager will have his own ideas.

“The last 10 games were frustrating for all the boys. 

“You do want to go and hide in a hole sometimes because you’re not winning games and it can be an unhappy place.

“But it was never like that at Morton, the boys stuck together and we’re all mates here.

“I’m sure whoever comes in will try and keep as many on as they can.

“It’s a waiting game. 

“I haven’t spoken to any other teams yet, a lot of clubs still haven’t finished yet plus you don’t know what’s happening in Morton, and you’re waiting to see what happens here first.”