Simon Eastwood will press Stuart McCall for a clue about his City future.

The young keeper’s loan at Valley Parade is up on New Year’s Eve and Eastwood is keen to discover what will happen next.

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something

Simon Eastwood

Having played second fiddle to the highly-rated Alex Smithies at the Galpharm, the Huddersfield stopper would love to extend his chance of regular first-team football with the Bantams.

But with the on-going transfer speculation surrounding Smithies, there are no guarantees either way.

Eastwood admitted: “It’s getting closer (to the end of the loan). I’ll try to sit down with the gaffer this week and see what’s going to happen.

“I would like to know what the two clubs think and whether they can agree something.”

The latest Smithies rumour suggests Stoke will make a £3m offer next month and then loan him back for the rest of the season.

Everton, West Ham, Tottenham, Sheffield United and Middlesbrough are other names who have been linked with the England under-19 international.

Eastwood said: “I couldn’t answer what’s going on but obviously Alex is doing really well this season. There are a lot of other clubs interested in him and rightly so.

“If he does go, then you never know what might happen.”

Eastwood has played every game for City so far and kept seven clean sheets – the same tally as Smithies.

Having replaced the experienced Rhys Evans, there were initial fears about the raw youngster but he has improved significantly in recent matches, notably with his penalty-saving heroics which saw City through two shoot-outs in the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy.

Eastwood was not given too much to do at Darlington last weekend but he was relieved to shut out the basement side as City hit back from the home loss to Rochdale.

“We know Darlington are struggling but we had to go up there and win,” he added.

“We wanted to get the previous game out of the system and had to do a job.

“The gaffer had said he wanted us to keep our heads up in training after the Rochdale game but that’s easier said than done when you’ve had a bad result, especially at home.

“You’re going to get bad games like that when you’re not at the races and the opposition play well but you have to put it right and that’s what we did.

“It was important to get the three points and I’m glad about the clean sheet, which was our second in a row away.

“We’ve got a tough run coming up and it would be nice to get a couple more.”