Kevin Nolan eager to keep Jorge Grant at Notts County as contract negotiations begin

Kevin Nolan has admitted that he wants Jorge Grant to stay at Notts County as post-season contract talks with players begin this week.

The Nottingham Forest loanee scored his sixth goal of the campaign in Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Newport Town and is highly regarded among Magpies fans and club staff alike.

Grant's contract at the City Ground expires in the summer, although the Reds do have the option of extending it by a further year, but Nolan will try and recruit him to the black and white side of the Trent.

"Jorge has been absolutely first class for me," the gaffer told the Nottingham Post. "He's a great kid and I am hoping I can keep him next year.

"Whether the money determines otherwise, we'll have to see. But he's a top lad and I love working with him. I feel that if he does stay here with us then I can make him better and improve him."

On the subject of contracts among the club's players, he said: "There is a lot of work to be done, but at the minute, the first thing we have to do is talk with the current players this week. Once we have done that then we will then look at our targets.

"There is a lot of negotiating to do not just with new players, but also with the current squad and whether the players we want to sign put pen to paper.

"We have a budget and what we will offer players will be at the top end anyway, so if they don't accept it they will have to move on somewhere else. But I am confident we will get the quantity and the quality right come July and August."

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