Wigan Athletic manager Ryan Lowe does not appear to have any intention of recalling Ronan Darcy from his loan at Chesterfield.

The 25-year-old is on a season loan from the Latics but there are often break clauses in January which allow either the parent club or the loan club to end the agreement.

The attacking midfielder has made 28 appearances, scoring three times and grabbing one assist, starting all of the last seven matches. His standout moment was his brilliant goal against Harrogate Town in a 2-1 win in August. He also scored against Newport County and Salford City.

Rumours on social media claimed that Darcy may be about to be recalled and possibly sold elsewhere but Lowe suggested that was not the case at least for the moment anyway.

He said: "Darce has been fulfilling his potential at that level, he's been scoring goals and providing assists, and I'm sure Paul (Cook) would like to keep him. Our focus is on bringing players in rather than bringing players back. I think there are breaks to be had in all of the loan agreements. But as far as I'm concerned, he is happy there, Paul is happy with him, and we'll allow him to keep playing football until told otherwise."

Chesterfield have an abundance of attacking talent in their squad but while Armando Dobra and Dilan Markanday remain out injured for a little while longer, it is fair to say that they would not want to lose anyone at this point.

When he completed his loan to Town, Lowe said Darcy was a ‘great lad’ but that he was a number 10 and that Wigan would not be playing with one this season. Darcy joined the Latics a year ago in the last January window, penning a two-and-a-half year contract, after impressing for Crawley Town.

Wigan are currently 15th in League One, three points above the relegation zone and nine points off the play-offs.