JERMAINE Jenas's loan spell at Nottingham Forest will be extended by another month, according to sources close to the player.
After seeing the midfielder net an audacious goal to cap off a 4-1 win over Barnsley on yesterday, Reds boss Sean O'Driscoll admitted that he would like to keep the former England man at the City Ground.
Jenas has told his representatives he would like to remain with Forest, even though he has not started a game during his initial month on loan.
It is also understood that an extension has been agreed with Spurs that will see Jenas remain with the club where he started his career, as he attempts to get his career back on track following a serious Achilles injury.
And, provided the final details are ironed out, Jenas should be available when Forest face Millwall next weekend.
"He has been really good. Sometimes you are wary about getting a big name from the Premier Division. But he has been an influence on things. We have used his opinion on some things," said O'Driscoll.
"Initially, it was a suck it and see thing for both parties. But we would like to keep him if we can, we will discuss things and see what happens.
"The boy has to want to stay. He wants to get his career back on track. But every time he has come on, he has given us an added dimension. He is not far from getting a start and I am sure he will back himself to hold on to that place when he does."
O'Driscoll was happy with the win but admitted that he had concerns over his side's organisation in a first half that saw them score three goals in the final ten minutes before the interval to give them a 3-1 lead.
"I said at half time – and I would have said the same thing had the score been 1-1 or 2-1 to Barnsley – that I thought we had shown that we had good players," he said.
"I was a bit unhappy with our organisation in the first half but, in the second, we did both. We showed we had good players and we were organised as well.
"It was always going to be the toughest of the three games. Forest had not won here for some time but, for the large part, I thought we approached it in the right manner.
"I am pleased with the fact that we looked like a team who can learn from things. We put one or two things right at half time."
O'Driscoll was particularly pleased with the performance of Chris Cohen, who netted an outstanding goal to cap off a hard working display.
"Chris has done great. His physical stats, when you get them after the game, are always remarkable," said the manager.
"He can run and sometimes he runs just because he can. We sometimes have to tell him that there are times when you should do it and times when you don't need to.
"He is a really good player. But we knew that, because he has been here for a long time and he has worked very hard to get back to the level he is at, after his injury.
"He has signed a new contract and, in many ways, it feels like having a new player."