Jak Alnwick says 'anything could happen' as St Mirren contract ticks down and prepares for busy Celtic shift

Keeper Jak Alnwick admits “something may occur” as his Saints contract continues to tick in the direction of operating out.

The Buddies stopper was in unbelievable type but once more in opposition to Hearts on Saturday, making numerous spectacular close-range stops to maintain his 10-man facet inside touching distance of the Edinburgh membership.

His spectacular performances haven’t gone unnoticed, with numerous golf equipment retaining a eager eye on the previous Newcastle and Rangers goalie as his present take care of St Mirren expires this summer season.

Many Saints followers are already fearing a raid from former supervisor Jim Goodwin, now in cost at Aberdeen, who was an enormous admirer of the keeper and was actively making an attempt to persuade him to remain in Paisley over the previous couple of months earlier than he joined the Dons.

Whereas Alnwick revealed he isn’t fairly certain the place his future lies, he’s snug with the state of affairs and insists he’s not involved a brand new deal hasn’t been signed but.

When requested about talking to his new boss Stephen Robinson about signing a brand new deal, Alnwick instructed Renfrewshire Stay Sport: “We had a bit little bit of a dialog, however we now have video games developing thick and quick.

“We all know the place we stand between me, him and the membership.

“My agent is talking to Tony Fitzpatrick fairly commonly and we're simply monitoring the state of affairs.

“He is aware of that there’s curiosity and stuff like that.

“It’s going to be a call between me and my agent and the membership. There’s no strain from the membership or from me.

“It’s fairly relaxed. Lads run out of contract on a regular basis and a few transfer on, others signal a brand new deal final minute.

“Something may occur.”

Alnwick is anticipating one other busy shift between the sticks tomorrow evening when St Mirren journey by to Glasgow to tackle top-of-table Celtic at Parkhead.

The conflict may effectively give him one other probability to impress doable suitors, with new Buddies boss Stephen Robinson trying to bounce straight again from his first loss in cost on Saturday.

Regardless of the uncertainty surrounding his future, the Saints keeper insists his full focus is on selecting up a consequence at Parkhead because the Paisley membership look to power their manner again into the highest half of the desk.

Alnwick stated: “I hope I've nothing to do and we go and win 6-0!

“However no, I’m going to be busy.

“They’re flying and have had a disappointment in Europe so that you count on a response.

“They're high of the league for a cause and have been completely different class over the marketing campaign.

"It’s going to be troublesome, we'll go together with a plan and also you noticed after we performed right here, once I wasn’t taking part in and Deano (Lyness) had lots to do, that you simply count on to busy however hope that you simply’re not.

“That 0-0 may take us a good distance this season.

“We've got seen how tight it's at each ends of the desk.”

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