This is why us old negatives hate the loan system in it's current format, always use to be loan "with a view to buy" and normal some fee was agreed
As i've always said we're just developing players for the benefit of other clubs, stop kidding yourselves because if any Championship club want him we're blown straight out of the water and not even at the starting line.
I'm not a huge advocate of the current loan system when it's used by PL and Championship clubs , as you say
@horseman , a get back to fitness & development for their players. Sadly it is what it is currently, with many PL & Championship clubs totally overloaded with potential talent on their books, many of whom will never even get a sniff of playing for their monied parent club. I also dont like the arrogance of some PL/Champ' clubs ( Bindippers under Klopp - re Woodburn for example) 'contracting' into the loan deal that their asset
must play- wrong IMO, it should be down to the Manager/ head coach as to whether a loanee is the right player for the tactics being used against differing opponents . |Besides how is the likes of Mackie supposed to get his appearance ( and win bonus!) money if theyre another couple of places down in the matchday pecking order?
On the flipside, under KR ( and also under MApp) OUFC have forged a reputation for bringing the best out of raw young talent, meaning potentially decent youngsters are more likely to be loaned to OUFC than, say Stevenage , AFC Wimbledon etc if they ( PL / Champ clubs) are looking for their asset to progress. And
if, granted a very big
IF, OUFC current board really do have ambition and aspiration for Championship football ( which as yet remains to be seen), signing loanees permanently is possible,
if, that little big word again, the OUFC board seriously invest in the first team squad. It would fit the 'sustainability ' model of buying , bringing player on, and selling on for a profit a season or two later. - Of course the board would need to speculate to accumulate first, and secondly learn fast how to negotiate hard, instead of 'cashing in' on players for the first 7 figure offer ( like they seemed to do in January) . As KR has said, if theres aspirations to become a big (ger) club, the board need to act like a big(ger) club
Its not helped by a spineless governing body in England, the FA, who maybe should limit the size of squads registered with PL and some Championship clubs, but are scared shitless to take any steps to limit the power the PL (and to a much lesser degree Championship,. Cant see that changing much, not until the European Super League is created.