Manchester United have confirmed that England Under-21 striker Will Keane is staying at Old Trafford.
Red Devils reserve boss Warren Joyce revealed that United want to keep hold of him for a while longer.
"It's a great little taster for him and an opportunity for him to go and work with those players at that level and the staff at that level as well," Joyce told the club's official website.
"We're pretty confident here that Will could be out there doing it in the league but there's things we want him to develop in-house before he goes out."
Keane has been likened to Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.
"He's very elegant on the ball and has traits like those two players," added Joyce.
"He just needs to be himself and come out and be known as Will Keane.
"Both Sheringham and Solskjaer were fantastic strikers, technicians and goalscorers but they also had a ruthless streak in them. We're trying to bring that out in Will at the minute.
"He's great and a really nice lad off the field. We're trying to get him to be ruthless, show aggression to finish runs into the box and be more desperate for goals. I think these are the things that we've got to try to drill into him and I expect him to have a bright future."
Numerous clubs are keen on taking Keane on loan and the United rookie is rated as one of the club's brightest youth prospects.
Striker Keane, 18, has been promoted to the England Under-21 squad and made his debut in their 5-0 thrashing of Iceland on Thursday.
He was United's top scorer in the academy last season and already has four for the reserves this term - with clubs queuing up to take him on a short term deal.
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