Pointless signing loanees if we don't intend/can never sign them. Adds little to any long term goals and rarely effective. I bet the percentage of 'successful' loans we have had over the last 10 years is pretty low.
Ashley Fletcher, Aidy White, Josh Brownhill, Lloyd Isgrove ect played a hugely significant part in getting us in this league. All loans.
Conor Wilkinson, Dan Crowley, Callum Elder, Maceo Rigters, Gethin Jones' Joe Rothwell, Adam Armstrong, Ben Pearson, Vito Mannone. My list will be longer than yours I suspect. Those loans were in a division where our relative financial power meant we had the best available in the Championship we get sloppy seconds that rarely work n