Henrik Larsson's 10-week loan to Manchester United could be extended, the Swedish striker's club said on Monday after his goalscoring debut at the weekend.

The 35-year-old former Barcelona and Celtic striker joined United from his hometown club Helsingborg on January 1 in a deal that is due to end in March. The Swedish season starts in April.

But Helsingborg chairman Sten-Inge Fredrin made it clear they would not stand in Larsson's way, telling Sky Sports: "If Manchester want to have him for longer it's up to Henrik, in the first moment, to tell us if that is what he wants too.

"After that, we have to see if there is a possibility of a solution between the clubs.

"I'm willing to sit down and have a discussion, but the basic thing is that we want to have him on March 12."

Larsson showed the former international had not lost his touch when he opened the scoring with a well-taken opportunist goal in Sunday's 2-1 FA Cup third round win over Aston Villa.

"I think he has at least two or three years more at the level he is today," Fredrin said. "He is unique at his age, he is one of the players in Europe and who can go into any team and play well."

Leaving the door open to United manager Alex Ferguson, who compared Larsson to former Old Trafford favourite Eric Cantona on Sunday, Fredrin added: "He's welcome to give a call if he has an idea to keep him longer."

Delighted with Larsson's performance, Ferguson told MUTV: "He has scored important goals throughout his career and I think he'll do the same for us.

"I always said that about Eric Cantona - whenever he scored, they always seemed to be important goals and I expect Henrik will score some important ones for us too."

Larsson himself was thrilled by the Old Trafford atmosphere, saying: "That's what you want to play football in, and in front of as many people as possible. Here, there was over 70,000 and it was fantastic."

As for his future, a cautious Larsson was quoted as telling the Times on Monday: "It is all ifs and I am just taking one match at a time at the moment."