MANCHESTER United youngster Nicky Ajose will not be coming to Glanford Park, Iron manager Alan Knill has conceded.

The 19-year-old forward spent all last season out on loan at Bury.

And former Shakers boss Knill was keen to work with him again at Scunthorpe this campaign.

But the youngster instead looks likely to be heading to join Sir Alex Ferguson's son Darren at newly-promoted Championship side Peterborough – possibly in a permanent deal.

"We believe that Nicky is probably going to go elsewhere, to the Championship," admitted Knill.

"Good luck to him. I have always said he is a good player.

"The good thing is that we have been part of his development.

"That is our job to help players achieve their potential."

Meanwhile, United are on course to achieving record season ticket sales for League One level.

By the close of play yesterday, the final day for current season ticket holders to renew at a discounted price, the Iron had sold 2,600 tickets.

The record number of sales with the club in the third tier, set in 2008-09, was 2,719 .

But as the current sales do not include executive boxes or corporate season tickets, the club are confident of surpassing that previous best.

"We'll get the exact figures in the next few days, but we'd hopefully get up to 2,800, which would be a record for this level," general manager David Beeby told the Telegraph.

"Sales started slow, which was a bit worrying because with probably three or four weeks to go we still had under 1,000 season ticket holders.

"But the last two weeks have been excellent and we're really pleased with the way it's gone, especially after the season we had last year.

"The fans have stuck with us and hopefully we'll give them a season to remember."