Craig Fagan’s short-term contract comes to an end this weekend.

But Gills boss Peter Taylor looks set to offer the experienced front-man an extended stay at Priestfield.

Fagan has played six games for the Gills and hasn’t been on a losing side when he’s started a match.

Taylor said: “I have got to decide on Craig after Saturday’s game. He is playing slightly out of position and he is playing very unselfishly.

“I think he is deserving of a new deal. He has certainly done himself no harm.

“What I like about him is that he is using his experience and helping people around him.”

Fagan was without a club at the start of this season before Taylor offered him a route back into the professional game in November.

On his debut he helped the Gills to a 2-1 win over Sheffield United.

But the 31-year-old former Hull forward has been playing largely out of position during his stay with Gillingham.

Taylor said: “I hear different comments about Craig and I am not sure what people are expecting. Are they expecting what he was five or six years ago or when he was in the Premier League?

“He has done a fantastic job for us, he has done a team job for us and he has done himself no harm.”

Taylor feels that Fagan’s best position is playing just behind the striker or wide right of a three-man attack.

“He is helping us at the moment while there is no Myles Weston or Chris Whelpdale," said Taylor.