With a possible new contract in hand next season, Tom Coughlin expects defensive end Osi Umenyiora to join him. Coughlin told reporters he plans for Osi Umenyiora, who has one season left on his contract at a base salary of $3.975 million, to be back in 2012.

"I've told Osi this many times: I don't want to play without him," Coughlin said this morning.

Coughlin did not rule out either trading the speed rusher or giving him a new contract before the start of the season. General manager Jerry Reese has said a contract extension "could happen."

Disgruntled with his contract, Umenyiora briefly held out of training camp last year and missed the team's first three games with an ankle injury. The 30 year old ultimately played in nine regular season games and in each of the Giants' four postseason games, and was a force. He recorded 9.5 sacks in the regular season and 3.5 more in the playoffs to accumulate 13 sacks in 13 games.

But with the emergence Jason Pierre-Paul opposite Justin Tuck, the Giants may believe the veteran speed rusher is expendable or at least not worth as much as he envisions.

Jorge Castillo: jcastillo@starledger.com; Twitter: @jorgeccastillo