Huddersfield Town will have a lot of decisions to make regarding player's futures at the end of the season or before, with players on expiring contracts now able to sign pre-contract agreements ahead of next term.
One thing that the Terriers and their players will be keen to learn before committing their future stances will be what division the club are going to be in next season, currently making a good fist of the relegation scrap under Mark Fotheringham.
It will be interesting to monitor how the appointments of Sabri Lamouchi and Mick McCarthy impact the Championship relegation battle.
The Terriers have done well to secure the majority of their key players on deals that run beyond the end of the season, there could be relegation clauses at play and other agreements that could alter situations a touch, but as things stand, their most important assets would require a fee to leave.
The following will be out of contract in the summer: Tomas Vaclik, Josh Ruffels, Rolando Aarons, Josh Koroma, Danny Ward, Florian Kamberi and Ryan Schofield.
A compensation payment would be required for Schofield to move on because he will still be 23 years old at the end of the season.
Matty Daly, Danny Grant and Romoney Crichlow may also join the out of contract players when they return from League Two loan spells, but the Terriers have an option to extend the trio's deals by a further year if they so wish.
Vaclik is mainly a short term replacement for Lee Nicholls, therefore his contract situation will not be of concern, with the Czech Republic international probably keen on a shorter contract, in order to use the Terriers as a springboard in his career.
Josh Ruffels and Danny Ward have played a far more significant role in the club's Championship season so far than the rest of the players set to reach the expiration of their deals, and, in that, Mark Fotheringham and the other decision makers at the club may be considering negotiating with those two players before the rest, should they see fit.
Both players would probably be comfortable stepping down to League One level next season, given their respective career trajectories, but may want some assurances that the Terriers would be competing towards the top end of the third tier, in order to commit their futures to the club again.
It will be interesting to monitor if Huddersfield deem Daly, Grant or Crichlow as capable of chipping in should they suffer relegation to League One, with the former and the latter showing great potential in flashes in the last few seasons.