I'd have thought we've "sold" him but positioned as loan either because of time (all done at last minute) or league reg's saying he can't be sold twice in a season (not sure about that). But fairly confident he'll transfer on a perm basis once season is over
Exactly, there's only about 2 sides in the Prem who can say they've nothing much to play for now so all the rest will be keeping hold of their first and second string leaving pretty well nothing. It was always going to be "a long shot"