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Jack Grealish is unlikely to depart on loan anytime soon despite rumoured interest from the Championship.

The 19-year-old is very much in Paul Lambert’s thoughts and another temporary switch is not expected.

Grealish has already featured five times this season and has been with the first team before every game.

Apart from Saturday’s defeat at Everton he has also made every match-day squad and he got his first competitive start against Leyton Orient in the Capital One Cup.

Today reports claim that Nottingham Forest are keen on a loan deal but it is expected that Villa will spurn any advances.

Lambert has spoken highly of the exciting prospect, who is by far the most talented teenager at the club.

The Villa boss told the winger that he would have a chance to impress this year following his successful loan spell at Notts County last term.

Since then he has gone from strength-to-strength and last week he signed a new four-year deal at the club.

Determined to get a first Premier League start under his belt, Grealish said: “I know I have to continue to kick on and push on now,

“I have to keep progressing and I have to strive to be as good a player as I can possibly be.”

Look: Villa winger Jack Grealish

His development was certainly aided by a loan spell last season but another one is unlikely.

Recalling his time at Notts County he said:

“It was one of the best decisions of my life looking back now.

“I wasn’t so sure when I went there at the start, I’ll be honest. I was just turned 18 and going to League One. They were bottom of the league and it was a bit scary.

“I had never played a first-team game for anyone but I went there and it all started.

“I had to do everything for myself down there.

“Just living on my own and dealing with stuff on my own was hard but it all helped.

“On the pitch, physically and mentally it was good for me.

“I played 38 games and we stayed up on the last day so the experience was great for me.”