Cardiff City manager Brian Barry-Murphy says he is prepared to wait until the end of the season before addressing the future of goalkeeper Nathan Trott.
Trott, 27, has made 41 appearances for the Bluebirds as they sealed promotion back to the Championship having joined on loan from Copenhagen in August.
There is an option for a permanent deal but there are suggestions Cardiff could face competition for the former West Ham United keeper.
Barry-Murphy, though, says his focus remains on his side’s final fixtures, despite having already secured a return to second-tier football at the first attempt.
The situations around out-of-contract trio Joel Bagan, Perry Ng and Ryan Wintle will also be on hold until Cardiff complete their last remaining games against Northampton at home on Saturday and the trip to Mansfield next weekend.
“I think he’s done great over the course of the season and we’re very grateful to have him,” Barry-Murphy said of Trott, after his save helped Cardiff to a clean sheet and victory over Port Vale on Tuesday night.
“Like with the other players, there’s so different moving parts to these things speculation is a waste of time.
“If something happens, then it happens and if not, it’s all good.”
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Cardiff have overseen new deals for a string of players but are yet to confirm whether midfielder Wintle, defender Ng or full-back Bagan – who was last weekend named in the EFL League One team of the year – will be part of next season’s plans.
Asked whether a decision will be made before Saturday’s final home game, the manager said: “All those players have had incredible seasons and they’ll be under consideration for Saturday.
“It’s been a really busy period and the focus has always been on these remaining games. Once they’re finished then all those different situations contractually between players and clubs would be dealt with.”
Cardiff’s early promotion does allow the club to make a head start on plans for life back in the Championship having had to deal with third-tier football for the first time in two decades.
But Barry-Murphy said there would be no “knee jerk” responses to promotion, saying work has remained consistent with the club’s recruitment team.
“I think our idea is always to move the club forward really quickly, try and improve the squad, try and improve all aspects of the club and if that remains the theme of what we’re trying to do, then it means we’ll be fine,” he added.
Barry-Murphy said he was still savouring the club’s promotion – sealed in dramatic fashion at Reading last weekend – and paid tribute to his players’ efforts to follow that up with a home win, a result that relegated Port Vale.
“There’s a great sense of pride in what we’ve done,” he said.
“It’s difficult to predict what level of performance we could reach based on the euphoria that we felt on Saturday, so I’m very pleased with the players that we managed to create a chance in the second half and play well enough to win.”
