NEWPORT County skipper Gary Warren admits his future is unclear in the wake of County’s FA Trophy heartbreak at Wembley.

The former Team Bath player, so vital to County over the past three seasons, is out of contract this summer and uncertain as to what the future will bring.

It is no secret that County rebuffed an effort from League Two outfit Cheltenham Town last summer to sign Warren and he wouldn’t be drawn on his future after County’s 2-0 defeat to York City at Wembley.

“It’s still up in the air at the moment, my future, I need to sit down with the gaffer (manager Justin Edinburgh) and the chairman (Chris Blight) and see what comes of it really.

“We’ve had a brief chat but nothing formal, this week is the time to assess it and I have an open mind.”

Warren’s stance of keeping his options open means that negotiations with him will be given priority.

“We badly want him to stay, we will do all we can to make that happen,” a County spokesman told the Argus.

Warren had dreamed of walking the famous Wembley steps and lifting the FA Trophy and felt Saturday’s defeat was a reflection on the campaign as a whole.

“It’s disappointing for us, we worked hard to get to Wembley and on the big stage it didn’t quite work out for us,” he said.

“We started great, the first goal was important, we needed to get it and punish them when we were on top and maybe things would’ve worked out better for us. The first goal was a disappointment, it was a clinical finish, it might have been close to offside but they took their chances and we didn’t do that.

“It was almost a game that sums our season up, we couldn’t kill the game off.”

However, the defender who captained the United Kingdom in the Student Games and lifted the Conference South trophy was still proud to have reached the final.

“Leading the boys out and being captain in front of 12,000 Newport fans, It was the highlight of my career so far and I hope to do it again, it was a privilege and an honour,” he said.

“I honestly thought it was going to be our day.”