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Yorkshire officials are to meet Darren Gough early next week to discuss his future after speculation that he may leave Headingley.

Last weekend the England fast bowler claimed the questioning about his commitment to the county had become "almost unbearable."

Gough suspects there is a campaign to secure his departure, and has already held talks with chief executive Chris Hassell.

"I'm expecting to meet up with him early next week - he's gone away for a few days to think about things," Hassell said.

"We've not given him a deadline or anything like that, but we do want to sort things out as soon as possible.

"There's no panic or anything like that except that while it remains unresolved, the rumblings continue and the whole thing gets dragged on and on."

Hassell added: "He's got himself wound up about comments that people have made. We've told him that we want him to stay at Yorkshire and he really has to ignore things like that."

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