Blues boss Paul Jewell has revealed that midfielder Luke Hyam has told him that he has agreed to sign a new Town contract taking him up to the summer of 2014.
On Monday, TWTD revealed that talks regarding the 20-year-old former Northgate High School pupil’s new terms were under way and appear to have swiftly reached a resolution.
Jewell said: "I just spoke to him and he’s agreed an extension to his contract, so I’m pleased with that. I think it’s an extra year.
"I had a long conversation with him this morning and I told him that I think he’s improved and there’s more improvement in him.”
The Blues boss says Hyam, who previously signed a one-year contract on wages understood to be just £650 a week in February, has the right approach to the game: "He’s got a great attitude, he found himself out of the picture last year, nowhere near the first team, and showed what hard work and determination can do.
"Arguably, he and Andy Drury turned last season around with the West Ham game. They were a major part of turning it around for us and we just wanted to reward him with an extra year’s contract, and hopefully we’ll extend that as we go on.
"He knows there are a lot of facets to his game that he needs to work on, he’s out of the team at the moment after injury, but he’s very close to it.”
A couple of recent reports have linked Leeds and Wolves with moves for the academy product but Jewell says that that’s news to him: "No, I certainly didn’t have any contact from them and we’re not looking to sell.”
The Blues manager says he’s not sure of progress on Lee Martin’s contract, talks between owner Marcus Evans and the player’s representative having started last month: "I left it with Marcus and his agent. I’m not quite sure what’s going on with that. We need to sort that out, we’d like Lee to stay.”