BEN Williams is confident his CV will land him a number one role next season whatever City decide.

Phil Parkinson is in the process of drawing up the club's retained list and Williams is among those players waiting to discover if the manager sees them in his plans going forward into the new German-owned era.

Jamie Proctor, Steve Davies, Nathan Clarke and Billy Knott are others in last season's first-team squad looking for a signal one way or the other.

But keeper Williams knows he can go into the summer in a position of strength after setting a new club record for league clean sheets.

Williams recorded 22 shut-outs, beating Steve Smith's previous mark, plus another five in the FA Cup. With those figures under his belt, he is unlikely to be short of offers.

He said: "I always back my ability. I've always been consistent, wherever I've been.

"People might not be talking me up in terms of getting transfers here or there – but when you look at where I've been, I've always been player of the year or consistent for them.

"I've always left the club on what I'd call my terms, striving to improve. At the risk of saying it, clubs I've left have gone downhill.

"I'm my own harshest critic. But this season it's been recognised with the number of clean sheets that I can be a consistent keeper at this level."

Parkinson has not yet gone public over the out-of-contract players but Chris Routis has already been unveiled as a pre-season signing for Ross County, where he will link up again with former Valley Parade team-mate Andrew Davies.

Alan Sheehan made his loan move to Luton permanent and teenage winger Dylan Mottley-Henry tweeted that he will be moving on.

Williams' contribution was acknowledged by the squad, who named him players' player of the year at last month's club awards.

The 33-year-old keeper revealed that he had asked about the contract situation before the end of the season but was told it was something that would be addressed in the summer.

Williams said: "It's a result of the climate in football at the moment. People don't get two or three-year contracts given to them at Christmas time. You have to earn it and it usually does go to the wire.

"Clubs know your contracts run until June 30, so they have a little bit of time after the season to assess what they want and need. You have to accept that."