GERRY Taggart's farewell to Wanderers has been put on hold.

The Northern Ireland international, a record £1.5 million signing from Barnsley three years ago, had been expected to leave on a free transfer this summer under the Bosman ruling after manager Colin Todd said the club had "gone as far as it could in meeting his demands".

But negotiations are set to be revived over the next few days in a bid to get the 27-year-old Ulsterman to stay.

Todd may also reward loan star Bob Taylor for his late-season contribution with the offer of a permanent deal.

But John Sheridan, Chris Fairclough, John Salako and Gaetano Giallanza are all on the way out.

Sheridan and Fairclough have come to the end of their contracts and are now free under the terms of the Bosman arrangement. Salako's short-term contract is not to be renewed and Giallanza returns to French club FC Nantes after completing his loan spell at the Reebok.

News of fresh talks with Taggart follows the player's intimation in the wake of Sunday's relegation heartbreak that he wants to help Wanderers bounce back into the Premiership.

"We've got to knuckle down and bounce back up," the Irishman said. "That's the only way to prove you're a good team."

Todd, who had previously suggested he was resigned to losing Taggart, left the door open when he said: "I hope to speak to him again this week to try to resolve things.

"It will be decided within two or three weeks, one way or the other.

"There's a contract there but we have to talk about what he feels about it."

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