Hunt has enjoyed a successful spell at St Andrews since agreeing a one-month loan move at the start of November.

The right-back, who had to come off in Saturday's 1-1 draw against Midlands rivals Wolves due to a hamstring injury, has one more game left of his current agreement.

And when asked whether he is looking to tie Hunt down for a longer period of time, McLeish said: "We'll have to look at that because Stephen Kelly is still a wee bit away from fitness but Stuart Parnaby is 100% fit again.

"We have to be thinking about keeping Nicky around. He looked great (against Wolves), he brought his Premiership experience to the team and he was a threat going forward and it was such a shame to lose him.

"It (his hamstring injury) was serious enough to take him off but hopefully it's not too bad for Nicky, he's got another game left for us."