PSV Eindhoven chief Marcel Brands admits they'll be sending Oleksandr Zinchenko back to parent club Manchester City.
After a promising start, the Ukraine international has had a difficult second-half of the season in Eindhoven.
Brands confirmed: "We must still decide.
"But my opinion is that if he does not have more to offer than this season, we can give a place to one of our own youth players."
Zinchenko arrived last summer at City from FC Ufa.