Reading chief Nicky Hammond admits he's unsure if Nicky Shorey will stay beyond the end of this season.

"In all honesty I think we will look again in the summer and see what the situation is then. He still has a year on his contract to run after this season," Hammond told the Reading Evening Post.

"You'd need to speak to him in that respect," added Hammond when asked if he thought Shorey was waiting to see if Reading maintain their top flight status.

"I think he'd already made the decision (about whether he wanted to sign a new deal) at the start of this season and there's no reason why that has changed.

"The important thing now is that he performs well up until the summer and then we will speak again."