Leeds striker Mark Viduka has admitted that he is uncertain about his future at the club - even though he wants to stay at Elland Road next season.
The Australian was picked out by caretaker boss Peter Reid as the leading light in the battle to confirm the club's Premiership survival, with his winner at Highbury being his 14th goal in the past 11 games.
"Big Viduka, who's been terrific since I've been at the club, has scored the goals that have kept us up," observed Reid.
However, Viduka is still one of several leading players touted as the next one likely to be sold by the cash-strapped club to reduce their debts and meet interest payments.
When asked if he would like to stay at Elland Road next season, the 27-year-old centre-forward's reply was straight to the point. "Definitely."
However, when earlier asked whether he thought he would still be at Elland Road next season, his answer seemed rather more uncertain and circumspect.
"We'll have to wait and see," replied Viduka, who is on a long-term contract after joining the club for stg£6million from Celtic in 2000.
"What does that depend upon? I suppose a lot of things. You never know what happens in football."
Certainly not at Elland Road, at least. However, Viduka insists that Leeds must keep hold of their leading players if they are to recover their status as genuine European challengers.
"To compete against the likes of Arsenal, you need to have good players," he added. "This hasn't sunk in yet though. We'll have to wait and see what happens next year."
After all, relegation was, in Viduka's mind, a "very realistic possibility" until his side's battling victory at Highbury to move three points ahead of both West Ham and Bolton, with a far better goal difference.
"We were on 41 points, the same as everyone else, and it could have gone either way," he said. "We heard the West Ham result and it was an ugly feeling just contemplating going down.
"You couldn't take anything for granted."
Not even his own future, it would seem. Then again, Rio Ferdinand, Jonathan Woodgate and Robbie Fowler could not, at least with hindsight, have said any different.