JJ Gabriel is a generational talent who must remain part of Manchester United’s squad this season.That’s the view of Red Devils legend Ryan Giggs, who believes the 15-year-old should not be loaned out by boss Michael Carrick.Gabriel came off the bench for his senior United debut against Atletico Madrid in pre-season last monthGettyGabriel is regarded as the jewel in United’s academy, with the teenage forward likened to Lionel Messi.He has also been touted as the ‘heir to Cristiano Ronaldo’s throne’, with the player tipped to make his senior debut sometime this season.How has JJ Gabriel fared in United’s academy?A fine start to the campaign has seen Gabriel chip in with two goals and as many assists in his opening two games in Premier League 2.The United starlet has been promoted to the Under-21 squad from the U18s after banging in 26 goals in 29 games last campaign – earning him the U18 Premier League Player of the Season award.His form hasn’t gone unnoticed by rivals, with talkSPORT revealing last month how Chelsea are keen to snap up the youngster.Gabriel got his first taste of first-team football in August when he featured off the bench in the 2-1 pre-season victory over Atletico Madrid.And for United’s record appearance maker Giggs, he has urged ex-teammate Carrick to keep the player around the senior side to further his development.What has Ryan Giggs said about JJ Gabriel?Appearing on the Rio Ferdinand Presents YouTube channel, Giggs commented on what Gabriel needs to force his way into Carrick’s thinking.To which he said: “You need to play, you need to play games and it’s difficult because if you’re in squads for the first team, you’re not going to sort of turn that down, but also you need minutes on the pitch.“But he’s at the best club because the history of young players coming through and how they’re looked after.Gabriel is tipped to be United’s next star following his goalscoring exploits in the academyGetty“And he’s got good people around him, obviously, who’ve played at the club, Michael Carrick, Darren Fletcher, Jonny Evans, all these players have been at the club.“You know, a couple of them have come through, so he’s at the right club.”Fellow United icon Ferdinand then posed the question as to whether Gabriel should be sent out on loan in the near future to get him ready for the men’s game.It was an idea that was immediately knocked back by Giggs. The Welshman remarked: “Well, I think he is sort of a generational talent, he’s got to stay.“There’s no point in going out on loan because he’s at the best place and he’d be dipping in and out of the first team, so that experience is invaluable.Teenage starlet Gabriel is no stranger to training with the Red Devils first teamGetty“Not only the games and the training, but actually travelling with the team, seeing the expectation of Man United, the focus is so huge on Manchester United, you need to get used to that.“I think you go on loan when you’re 19, 20, not, you know, the next few years, you expect him to, if he’s going the same way, to be in the first team soon as a regular, not just dipping in and out.“Sometimes you have to be patient, sometimes it gets to a point where you just can’t not pick him and not have him train in the first team.“It gets to a stage where sometimes that might be in a month, might be six months, might be a year, it’s that in-between time where he thinks he should be in the first team.“He thinks he should be in the squad every week, well, actually, Michael sees it a different way that actually, no, you need to play games because it’s not really going to do you any good travelling here, there and everywhere and you’re getting five minutes here, ten minutes there.”With Gabriel to turn 16 next month, there is still time for the player to become United’s youngest ever player.That record belongs to David Gaskell, who was 16 years and 19 days old when he featured in the 1956 Charity Shield.