WORCESTER City could leave Aggborough at the end of the season after chairman Anthony Hampson revealed they were in “serious” talks with another club about a possible groundshare.

Speaking to the Worcester News earlier this month, Hampson insisted he had no plans to move away from Kidderminster Harriers’ ground where City have been plying their trade since 2013.

However, the possibility of a fourth season at Aggborough now appears to be in doubt after Hampson claimed bosses at Kidderminster were considering upping City’s “exorbitant” rent deal and had “another option on their hands”.

He has previously ruled out moves to Bromsgrove Sporting and Evesham United but, speaking at a public presentation following their annual general meeting, the Worcester chief said they had found an alternative venue.

Hampson said: “Aggborough is a nice place to go. Carl (Heeley) and the guys play some wonderful football on there.

“But we are responsible for the finances of the club and will need to be looking at other groundshare options, which we are in the process of doing.

“The situation with Kidderminster at the moment is we have a second year option there and the facilities tick all the boxes for ground grading at the level of football we are playing at.

“The surrounding other potential clubs or grounds where we could play at would give us significant savings but are, as of yet, not graded to that level of satisfaction.

“There is one particular club we are investigating at the moment. Clearly, no agreement has been made yet but we are progressing that option very seriously as we speak.”

City had previously been paying the National League club £21,000 a year to play at Aggborough but, according to the club’s latest accounts, that figures looks set to rise to £45,000.

With Harriers staring down the barrel at relegation, Hampson revealed their cash-strapped landlords were in discussions with another club, leaving City to find a “Plan B” for next season.

“Kidderminster feel they have another option on their hands which they would prefer to take, so we are not in a particularly strong bargaining position,” said Hampson, who has to have an agreement in place by March 31.

“We are not sitting on our hands thinking we are going to be stuck at Kidderminster. We are actually trying to get a plan B pretty rapidly on track and that’s where we are with it.

“The contract says it is going to be the same level of payment but they (Kidderminster) seem to think they can up it and this will create a considerable bone of contention between the two clubs. It may become a legal situation.”

A spokesman at Harriers said: “We aren’t in a position to confirm anything yet as the discussions with Worcester are still ongoing.

“The arrangement has been a success for both parties over the last few years but it’s only normal for both Worcester and Harriers to continue weighing up all available options.”