Hearts boss Robbie Neilson has confirmed teenage midfielder Finlay Pollock won't be leaving on loan this summer - and could return to the side against Dundee United this weekend.
The 17-year-old featured heavily in Hearts' Premier Sports Cup group matches but has been conspicuously absent in the Premiership.
This led to the assumption that he has fallen down the pecking order after the arrival of Beni Baningime and the logical conclusion that he could head out on loan to get regular first-team football.
But Neilson confirms that it has only been injury limiting his involvement.
He's been back in training this week and could feature against Dundee United this weekend.
Either way, he won't be heading out on loan.
Neilson said: “Finlay will stay here with the first team, there’s no plan to send him on loan. He has been training this week and will be available for the weekend.
“He just had a wee chip on the bone of his foot and we had to rest him, but it has settled down now and he is back involved with the first team.”
It's less positive news on left-back Stephen Kingsley, however, who may not recover in time to feature at Tannadice.
Neilson went on: “Kingsley still hasn't been feeling great so we will see how he is over the next couple of days."
