Frank Nouble made his penultimate appearance for Gillingham on Saturday, but the manager Andy Hessenthaler hasn’t ruled out trying to bring him back in January.

Nouble started from the bench at Macclesfield as Hessenthaler made just one change to his side from last weekend, with Jo Kuffour replacing Stefan Payne in attack.

Nouble reaches the end of his three-month loan this coming weekend but it may not be the last Gills fans see of him.

Hessenthaler said: "When the (transfer) window reopens again maybe we could revisit that but we will wait and see."

Explaining his team selection at the weekend, Hessenthaler added: "It would have been hard to change things too much from last week’s game at Orient. I decided to bring Kuffour in. He was a livewire at times but he has been suffering with a bit of a chest infection during the week."

Kuffour is a player the Gills also want to keep long-term. Hessenthaler added: "We would like to get him sorted and hopefully we can do that come January."