NATHAN Cameron committed declared the days of Bury as a selling club were over after committing his future to the club.

The 22-year-old centre-back, whose contract was due to run out next summer, had been linked to a host of Championship sides before signing a new three-year deal last Friday.

And the former Coventry defender revealed that a conversation with chairman Stewart Day convinced him the club’s ambitions matched his own.

“The chairman has assured me that he wants to keep me here,” said Cameron.

“He wants to keep the core players here and he wants the team to grow. He wants this team to get to the Championship.

“He’s put a lot of money into the club already in order to do that. So I don’t think Bury is a selling club anymore.”

Cameron has come full circle over the past year after losing his place in the starting line-up shortly after David Flitcroft’s arrival as manager before being told he was free to leave in the summer.

But a strong pre-season saw him reclaim his place in the senior set-up and after nailing down a starting berth he is now eager to stay and see the job through.

“There have been a lot of teams watching a lot of players here,” he said.

“We are winning games at home and playing well, so obviously bigger teams are going to come and try to poach our players, maybe in January or at the end of the season, but what we have got to do is keep our head on the game.

“I have signed a long-term contract to stay here - it gives me that security,” he said.

“The manager and chairman have made me feel really welcome and I feel really pleased to stay here and hopefully help get this team promoted.

Ambition and promotion apart, Cameron has says his decision to extend his stay was also motivated by a more basic human instinct.

After being signed by Kevin Blackwell and enduring a rocky start to his tenure at Bury, the youngster is now enjoying being part of a tight-knit group.

“I haven’t ever been at a club where everyone was so friendly,” he said. “Everyone gets along with each other – from the staff to the players and the management, everyone makes you feel welcome.

“As players, that’s how you want to feel. You want to feel wanted, really.

“Even though I was told I could go, I always felt that if I was to work hard and potentially get back in the team there was a place for me here.

“Every game is a challenge, but I just want to keep improving as a player and as a team-mate as well, and the other players are helping me do that.”