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Phil Foden will NOT be going on loan to Leeds this summer - or anywhere else for that matter.

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has long been adamant that the 18-year-old’s development is best served by working with him and the first team.

There was speculation the arrival of Guardiola associate Marcelo Bielsa at Elland Road might change all that.

Bielsa was once described by Guardiola as 'the best coach in the world' and there were hopes in Yorkshire might help to persuade the City boss to change his mind and give Foden some experience in the Championship.

Some felt that Guardiola might relent, given the chance of Foden working with a coach who shares his football philosophy. But Foden is progressing nicely after making his Premier League and Champions League debuts last season.

He played enough league games last season to automatically qualify for a league winner’s medal and is in line for a lucrative new five-year contract.

The Stockport lad still has two years of his current deal to go but the Blues aim to tie him down after losing his fellow academy starlet Jadon Sancho to Borussia Dortmund last summer.

Guardiola promoted Foden to his first-team squad, along with Brahmin Diaz and Tosin Adarabioyo, last summer.

And his no-loan rule has made it plain he is sees the teenager as a fully-fledged member of that squad rather than someone who is picking up experience.

Foden, tipped to be in the England World Cup squad in four years’ time, has been in Moscow this week as a guest of Nike.