Bartosz Kapustka has travelled with Leicester’s squad for their FA Cup tie at Everton with the club keeping an open mind on a January loan.
As matters stand it looks likelier the Polish international, who has yet to feature for Claudio Ranieri’s first team, will stay at the King Power this month rather than leave temporarily.
That is in part due to little-known FIFA regulation that judges Under-23 games as counting in laws prohibiting a player appearing for three different clubs in one season.
Kapustka, signed after impressing at Euro 2016 for a fee that rises to £5million, featured twice for Polish team Cracovia last July before joining Leicester, where he has gained regular game-time with he Under-23s.