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Steve McClaren has suggested that Adam Armstrong will not be recalled by Newcastle United in January.

And he has made his clearest indication yet that the 18-year-old will remain with League One promotion hopefuls Coventry City.

Armstrong has bagged 12 goals in 14 games for Coventry since arriving on loan from Newcastle.

McClaren is delighted with his progress made under Tony Mowbray and while there are reports that Wolverhampton Wanderers want to offer him a step up to the Championship, the United head coach indicated he would stay with the Sky Blues.

When asked if he would leave Armstrong at Coventry, McClaren told the Chronicle: “Yeah. There’s a lot of clubs coming in from higher up. We just think it’s an education for him (at Coventry). He could go higher up, might play, might not.

“Will he get the coaching? You don’t unless you play. It’s important to us.”

Mowbray had responded to questions from the Coventry Telegraph over a Mick Quinn article which suggested that Armstrong should return to Tyneside at the end of his loan spell.

He said: “I didn’t see the article but all that matters is what Steve McClaren and Adam think about his future career.

“He’s doing really well and if he stays here all year he’ll still only be 19.

“If it was me I wouldn’t be in too much of a rush to burden an 18-year-old with keeping Newcastle United up. Ultimately, it’s their decision.

“I’m not in constant contact with Newcastle but the strong message we are getting is that they are pretty happy with the way things are going.”