One drawback of being in the PL is that we are only allowed two loans from other PL clubs, and only one from any one club.
Presuming that Henderson is one, how about the others?
Johnson: No way. We will need another left wing back to cover/push Stevens
Dowell: He's been handy for his time here, and his goal against West Bromwich Albion was my favourite of the season. Trouble is he's not quite good enough for PL and we need better to use a loan on, and not quite good enough to spend north of 7 million which is what I presume he'd cost
Madine: Similar to Dowell except will be a bit cheaper although Cardiff will want to recoup at least half of the 6 million they spent on him. Not good enough for another loan, can we get a better target man than him? I'd hope so, if not I hope we go back for him
Hogan: Again falls in a similar bracket to the others. Villa spent 12 million so will want to recoup that, although if promoted that might change and they'd be happy to write it off to some extent. Yet they would be our rivals in the PL. Useful player but doesn't improve a lot on what we have and spending millions on a transfer or use up a loan doesn't seem worth it. I know he's played a bit recently but he's not even first choice at the moment.
Difficult decisions but nice to have of course!
As for the other loan (can't be from Man U), I'd look at the likes of Mount, Bowen, Abraham, Guendouzi, Targett, Reece James etc
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Presuming that Henderson is one, how about the others?
Johnson: No way. We will need another left wing back to cover/push Stevens
Dowell: He's been handy for his time here, and his goal against West Bromwich Albion was my favourite of the season. Trouble is he's not quite good enough for PL and we need better to use a loan on, and not quite good enough to spend north of 7 million which is what I presume he'd cost
Madine: Similar to Dowell except will be a bit cheaper although Cardiff will want to recoup at least half of the 6 million they spent on him. Not good enough for another loan, can we get a better target man than him? I'd hope so, if not I hope we go back for him
Hogan: Again falls in a similar bracket to the others. Villa spent 12 million so will want to recoup that, although if promoted that might change and they'd be happy to write it off to some extent. Yet they would be our rivals in the PL. Useful player but doesn't improve a lot on what we have and spending millions on a transfer or use up a loan doesn't seem worth it. I know he's played a bit recently but he's not even first choice at the moment.
Difficult decisions but nice to have of course!
As for the other loan (can't be from Man U), I'd look at the likes of Mount, Bowen, Abraham, Guendouzi, Targett, Reece James etc
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