The striker has been out since September due to an Achilles injury, but he signed a second loan deal at Fir Park during the summer transfer window.
He has been training with the parent club for the past few weeks and came off the bench in Motherwell’s 1-0 loss to Hearts on Thursday.
“I think as a team we’ve just got to bounce back against Aberdeen now. I just felt my soleus and my Achilles and then it just popped in training. You’ve got to be careful with the Achilles but luckily it weren’t the worst. I did my rehab as best as I can so I’m just glad to be back now.
“And I hope just to stay fit for the rest of the season. I expected 10-12 weeks but I think it went over to 13 weeks. It’s done now so I can’t really change the past. But like I said, I just want to hit the ground running now and finish on a high this season.”
Vale didn’t expect to get on the park at Tynecastle but was left wondering how he didn’t score when Craig Gordon denied him a leveller with an outstanding reaction save. Match sharpness is now being targeted.
He added: “I didn’t expect him to save. I wasn’t really looking, I just seen I had a good contact at the back of my head and then it just looked like he tipped it over so it was a good save. Disappointing for us but we can’t help it now.
I was happy to be in the squad. I didn’t expect to get on but I thought I did what I could when I came on. I think I’m playing in the friendly on Friday so I could get minutes there and go again versus Aberdeen.
I think it’ll take me a couple of games just to get back up to speed but I don’t feel too bad. I kept on top of my fitness when I was injured so it should be alright.”
