REDDITCH United is the higher-ranked club interested in Worcester City's Tyler Weir and manager John Snape will allow talks to begin immediately.

Snape waived the standard seven-day notice period on the basis Weir could not feature in Saturday's trip to Loughborough University (3pm) due to suspension.

The decision is now Weir's with Snape still hoping to persuade the popular full-back to stay when City gather for training tomorrow.

"We have had the approach now," said Snape.

"Tim Harris (Redditch boss) spoke to me in the week and said he would be interested in taking Tyler.

"He is suspended at the moment and we waived the seven-day notice period because we knew Tyler would not be able to play at the weekend anyway.

"The decision is up to him now. I don't know what he wants to do but I would like to keep him, he has been an integral part of our set up from the day I came in.

"I like the lad. He probably has not hit the dizzy heights we know he is capable of this season but maybe he needs a new challenge.

"We don't want to lose anyone. I think he has a good challenge here until at least the end of the season but as I say, it is a matter for him.

"Even with Mat Birley slotting in at right-back and George Forsyth at centre-half last night, we still missed Tyler.

"I plan to speak with him face to face at training to see what he thinks. I have had no feedback yet."

Meanwhile, Snape revealed he remains in the market for more firepower despite the presence of promising under-21 players and off-field uncertainty.

"We are still looking at players in other areas," said Snape.

"With Lee (Hughes) going, we are a bit light up top but I have the likes of Ethan Moran and Josh Willis on the bench. Those lads have done well with the under-21s.

"When the games are not so tight, maybe we can get them some minutes to grow into the first-team with a view to them progressing further with us next season."