Manchester United caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has ruled out a January departure for Brazil midfielder Andreas Pereira.
Pereira, 23, has sat on the periphery of first-team action this season, starting just two Premier League matches and mustering only 175 minutes of action.
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Since then, he has enjoyed successful loans spells with Granada in 2016/17 and Valencia last term.
Such was his form at the Mestalla that United fans were hopeful of a breakthrough this campaign.
Former manager Jose Mourinho started the midfielder in their league opener against Leicester but the Brazil international has hardly featured since.
Pereira’s contract expires in the summer, and although he has the option of a further year, he may reject the extension in order to seek regular football elsewhere.
Since Solskjaer’s appointment, the one-time Brazil international has featured just three times and rumours of a winter departure have been mooted around Old Trafford.
However, the Norwegian has poured cold water on speculation linking Pereira with a temporary move away from Old Trafford, insisting he wants to keep everyone at the club come deadline day on Thursday.
“I can’t see him going out on loan, because Andreas has done fantastic in training ever since I’ve come back,” he said .
“I’ve kept in touch with Warren [Joyce, former United reserves coach], who had him in the reserves, so I know about Andreas.
“He’s a player I can see playing quite a few games for us towards the end of the season. At the moment I can see everyone staying at the club.”
Solskjaer was speaking ahead of his side’s crunch clash against Burnley tonight, with the interim coach looking to win nine matches out of nine since taking the helm last month.