Harvey Elliott is expected to stay on loan at Aston Villa.
The Liverpool loanee's future has been in doubt since Villa boss Unai Emery decided he did not want to make his move from Anfield permanent.
Elliott is now three appearances away from triggering a transfer worth £35m after initially joining on loan in the summer.
The attacker had been sidelined by Emery - although he has remained training with the first team - with the manager saying Villa decided in October not to buy the 21-year-old.
Yet after an injury crisis at Villa with Boubacar Kamara out for the season and John McGinn and Youri Tielemans out for months, Elliott has featured in Villa's last two games - having not played since 2 October.