Striker Gary Mulligan will be offered the chance to extend his deal with Gillingham for another year.

Gillingham manager Mark Stimson decided to take up the option of extending the player’s current deal but insists Mulligan will have the final say.

"Whether he wants to be part of that, we’ll only see when we ask the question," said Stimson.

"We’ll have a conversation with Gary and we just want an honest answer. If he doesn’t want to be part of it I’m not going to think any less of him and we’ll come to some agreement where he can go and enjoy his career somewhere else.

"He could be a big player in this league and also the one below if he’s got the right partner."

Mulligan made his first start for the club on Saturday since the 3-0 defeat to Crewe in mid-March, and Stimson believes the striker adds something different to his team.

He said: "You might just need someone who is a thinker and might be more than raw pace and off the cuff.

"When you have someone like Kevin Maher on the ball, Gary can make good runs. In the last few weeks Kevin has come in and in training sessions they’ve linked up well together.

"The crowd love him and rightly so because he plays with his heart and he runs around. I had to take him off on Saturday because he was exhausted and I expected that."