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Liverpool loanee Adam Lewis says he would be keen to stay at Newport County after holding initial talks over his future.

Lewis, 24, is expected to see his time at Anfield come to an end this summer.

He is currently on his second long-term loan spell at the League Two Exiles, but says nothing has been decided over his next move.

"I love Newport, I've had chats with the gaffer and the club but I'll always have my options open," Lewis said.

"I'd love to stay here, I would, but that's something I've got to speak to the gaffer and the club about."

Liverpool-born Lewis joined his boyhood club as a youngster, signing his first professional deal in 2019 and making his debut in the FA Cup the following year.

But he has since spent time on loan at French side Amiens, Plymouth and Livingston before arriving at Newport.

He scored his second goal of the season during Tuesday's remarkable 5-3 win over fellow play-off chasers Morecambe.

It comes after returning from three months out with a thigh injury, similar to the problem that curtailed his previous loan stay at Rodney Parade.

Lewis paid tribute to manager Graham Coughlan for managing him through his return to sharpness, with County now hoping to stay in the fight for a play-off places.

Newport are five points shy of seventh spot, and Lewis said: "You can't (give up on it). I don't think the play-offs have come into our minds; everyone wrote us off at the start of the season with the budget we have.

"But the character we have in the dressing room is incredible, we never give up and we never will.

"We've got a great squad for the budget we've got and I think we can always challenge for the play-offs."

The goal against Morecambe - his first since August - came on an emotional night for Lewis, who dedicated his goal to grandmother Pauline who had passed away over the weekend.

"She was very close to me," said Lewis. "She looked after me a lot when I was younger; I grew up with her. That was for her."