Right-handed pitcher Chad Durbin will be a free-agent after this season, and his friends and family all want to know: What will happen this off-season?

“I definitely want to come back here,” he said, according to Matt Gelb of the Philadelphia Inquirer.

“He’s done a tremendous job for us,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “He’s been a big part of our team. We know that. The other part, from a financial standpoint and contract, that’s all up to the front office of course.”

Durbin is making $2.125 million this season, a nice raise from the $900,000 he made in 2008 and the $1.635 million he made in 2009. Being one of Manuel’s most trusted arms out of the bullpen, he’s likely to get another raise for the 2011 season with whichever team he decides to go with.

“It’ll be something that’s tough,” Durbin said. “If somebody is offering two or three years, it’ll be hard to say no to that to take a one-year deal where you really want to be.”

GM Ruben Amaro Jr. said internal discussions about Durbin and the Phillies’ other free agents will intensify during the season’s final weeks.

Durbin, 34, is 4-1 with a 3.86 ERA in 51 appearances this season for the Phillies.