YORK City’s out-of-contract, vice-captain Dave Winfield has revealed the club are yet to discuss whether he will be offered a new deal this term.

Winfield has been one of the relegated Minstermen’s more reliable performers during a sorry season and heads The Press Player of the Year contest with two fixtures left to play.

The 28-year-old defender has told The Press he would consider staying at Bootham Crescent, but is still waiting to learn whether he will make manager Jackie McNamara’s retained list.

Under the Bosman ruling, Winfield has been free to speak to other potential suitors since January.

After two seasons in North Yorkshire, the 6ft 3in centre back is in line to make his 50th appearance for City tomorrow and, commenting on his future, he confessed: “At the moment, I’ve got no idea where I will be next season.

“The club have not approached me and, whether that changes in the next couple of weeks, time will tell. I must say it’s been a difficult couple of seasons, but I feel that I have been given a chance to put in some solid performances and I hope people think I have given my all at every opportunity.”

With Winfield and his wife both having southern roots, it has been rumoured that might play a part in the ex-Wycombe skipper’s plans for 2016/17, but he pointed out that family considerations would actually make leaving York difficult.

The father-of-two explained: “It’s no secret that mine and my wife’s families are from the south of the country, but that’s not been an issue in the past. I’ve moved my family to places like Shrewsbury, which isn’t close to home, then here as well.

“That’s what you have to do as a footballer and my little boy is settled in York. He enjoys going to school here and, although it’s not easy for any player, if you’re a single guy or it’s just you and your girlfriend, then it can be very simple to up sticks and move on.

“With family, though, there’s so much to consider and everything goes into that final decision. I would consider staying at York, of course, but we’ll have to wait and see what the club think.”

Despite City’s fate being sealed last weekend, Winfield has insisted, meanwhile, that he will be just as motivated for tomorrow’s home game against Bristol Rovers, as he has been at all other points in the season.

“For the majority of the boys, this game is about putting in a performance for the fans, because they deserve that,” he reasoned. “From a personal point of view, if you’re going to go down, you go down fighting and that will be my mentality.

“Nothing changes in my approach. If selected, I will still go out and keep my performances, during our last two games, to as high a level as I have throughout the season.

“Bristol Rovers have a very good following and I expect them to bring a good number of fans, because they are pushing for promotion but, if you can’t get yourself up for any game in a professional league, whoever you are playing, you shouldn’t be playing football in the first place.”

On the blow of learning the team had gone down following last Saturday’s 3-0 defeat at Accrington, Winfield added: “It was very disappointing, especially as someone in the group who has tried to remain as positive as possible and keep morale high over the last couple of months knowing, ultimately, if things didn’t go our way, it would end how it did.

“I’ve been trying to protect some of the younger boys from that. It was also disappointing for everyone to see that we couldn’t perform as we had on the Tuesday night before against Portsmouth.

“That game was a pleasure to watch and I’m sure everyone felt the same way. Portsmouth might have had an off day, but I’m not sure it would have made much difference if they had been on their game.

“It was very frustrating that we couldn’t put that into practice again at Accrington, but the teams that get relegated are the ones who cannot perform consistently.”

The Aldershot-born sentinel went on to reveal that he welcomed manager Jackie McNamara’s side to leave him out of the first XI at Accrington following his one-match suspension.

McNamara kept faith with the same starting line up that had swept aside Pompey 3-1 and Winfield said: “That’s how I wanted the game to be managed.

“If I’m in the team and playing well, I expect to keep the shirt, so I expected nothing less than being on the bench for the next game after the boys had done well and I was pleased to see the decision.”

Winfield did get his chance as a half-time substitute in Lancashire but, surprisingly, he was employed in attack.

On that decision, he said: “I used to play in the centre of midfield as a kid, but I’ve never played a full game or even a half up front. We have finishing drills though and, more often than not, the defenders score more goals than anybody else, with Kyle Cameron getting quite a few.

“The way the game was panning out with a bit of a strong wind and the pitch not being great, it was difficult to play football and we were playing more directly anyway. The thinking behind me going up front was to give us a bit of presence up there and win a few headers but, in the second half, we seemed to try and play a bit more, so it was a bit counter-productive.”