The veteran midfielder returned from Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur in January 2007 and was a key player in the second half of last season before breaking his leg in a pre-season friendly against Go Ahead Eagles.

A despondent Davids revealed last weekend that he felt "everything was at an end" but van Geel insists nothing has been decided yet and added he would meet with Davids this week to speak about his future.

He told De Volkskrant newspaper: "I have an appointment with Davids and then we will quietly look at the hows and whys. I do not want to think ahead about the state of affairs.

"When I see him play football, I see in any case a player with 100% passion. But he is the one who feels his body on a daily basis, of course."