Wigan Athletic boss Steve Bruce is hopeful of securing Paul Scharner to a new contract.
"Probably an ideal time to speak more is when we're in Austria - we can throw him off the side of a mountain if he doesn't sign!
"I really hope we can keep him. When we moved Paul back into the defence last season, he was a major factor in why we did so well.
"He is a very good player and has done extremely well at Latics - that is why we want to tie up a deal for him.
"We'll do whatever we possibly can, and I think we are closer to agreeing something than we were a couple of months ago.
"There's still a couple of small things we need to agree on."
