Alan Hardy in talks with Kevin Nolan over Notts County contract extension

Alan Hardy has revealed that he is in talks with Kevin Nolan over a new three-year contract at Notts County.

The former Leyton Orient manager, whose current deal expires at the end of next season, has taken the Magpies from relegation certainties to the brink of League Two safety since his appointment in January.

However, should a Premier League club come calling for the 34-year-old, Hardy vows not to stand in his way.

"We are currently negotiating a new three-year contract with Kevin," the Notts owner told the Nottingham Post. "As a result of us being safe, and I now believe that is the case, it's the appropriate thing to do.

"Talks began on Wednesday and, in an ideal world, I really would like all the negotiations to be concluded before Good Friday.

"It's no secret as to what I think of Kevin and the job that he has done here. He has been magnificent and he is pivotal to the journey we want to go on. There was never any doubt in my mind that he was going to be successful.

"I am really happy for him to have a clause in his contract that if a Premier League club comes in for him, then he should be allowed to go. There is no way I will stand in his way.

"My whole business life has been about mentoring, encouraging and growing people as individuals, as professionals and as people. If a Premier League club comes in for him then I shall shake his hand and wish him well."

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