Port Vale have made an offer for Jake Taylor ahead of possible negotiations in January, the player's agent Phil Sproson has confirmed.

Vale would like to sign the 21 year old Nottingham Forest midfielder on a permanent deal because he has impressed on loan at Vale Park in the opening half of the season.

The Vale are likely to face competition for the Mancunian, who has scored six goals from the midfield three in John Askey's 4-3-3 system.

The offer may have to be the starting point of talks with the Championship club who signed Taylor after he was released by Manchester United. 

He is represented by Sproson, the Vale hero who played 500 games for the club and is these days also a match-day summariser for BBC Radio Stoke.

He told the station's Matt Sandoz: "The club, as I understand it, have made an offer in writing and it is currently sat with Nottingham Forest. I was across there (on Friday) and Forest have got that and will look through that and make a decision in January.

Jake Taylor has impressed on loan at Port Vale from Nottingham Forest

"I don't think Vale could do any more at the moment until they get some notification back from Nottingham Forest about where their valuation is. Then obviously we can take the next steps. But certainly from the player's perspective, he is enjoying his stay at the Vale. Why wouldn't you want to stay at the Vale, where you are enjoying it?

"You are certainly playing well and you are gaining valuable experience. We will just wait and see what the developments are. But I have no issues with Port Vale at all so we will just wait and see what happens in January."

Taylor's loan at the Vale is up on January 18.

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