Hunt admits he has contract clause
by Adam Marshall, 14 May 2008
Reading winger Stephen Hunt has admitted he has a clause in his contract following the club's relegation to The Championship.
The Republic of Ireland international is not about to demand a move away from The Madejski but, with Sunderland boss Roy Keane likely to resurrect his interest in the 26-year-old, a deal is on the cards.
Hunt is still suffering from the pain of failing to beat the drop after Fulham's win at Portsmouth sent The Royals down but he is in the dark about manager Steve Coppell's position and what the future holds for him.
"I'm contracted to Reading and, until I'm told otherwise, it doesn't make a blind bit of difference," he told The Irish Independent.
"The gaffer has been very good to me in what he'd done for my career so it would be disrespectful to say anything else.
"It's a private matter, whatever happens at the club.
"There is a clause but there's nothing you can do about it until told otherwise.
"I'm happy at the club and grateful to the club for what it's done for me. I'm not going to sit here and do a Jermain Defoe on it and say I'm going.
"I've been trying to second-guess Steve Coppell for 10 years now. He's been very good to me but, if I have to uproot, I have to.
"A footballer's career is a short one and you have to make the most of it."