Josh Mullin opened the door to extending his Ayr stay after another door shut on their chance of Premiership football.
United are licking their wounds after an 8-0 beating in the pay-off semis by a rampant Partick Thistle, meaning attention now turns to a summer of reinforcing the Somerset ranks.
And Mullin - who contributed nine goals a stack of assists this season - insists he'd be more than happy to continue plying his trade under Lee Bullen, who has found himself linked with managerless Dundee in recent days.