I think it would’ve improved Connolly as a footballer.
He is a little one-dimensional, and needed to learn not to go to ground quite so easily looking for non-existent fouls.
In my opinion his career would definitely have been improved by spending a season or two down in the Champ playing...
The main point behind going on loan is getting 90 minutes per week, not 10-15 minutes.
One of the main ways pretty much all footballers improve is by getting match experience.
That was an example, not saying he’d ever be a direct replacement.
Just that whether he goes on loan or not may depend on how the squad is shaping up in 6 weeks’ time.
What some haven’t mentioned yet is that the club may not have made a decision yet, not just based on seeing him in training but also on what transfer ins and outs we’ve yet to come.
Eg - maybe the plan right now is to send him to Belgium for the year, but perhaps if Trossard suddenly left I...