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Well he’s under contract, so he’s not really got that option for a couple more seasons, even if he did feel that being loaned out for senior experience was beneath him, which I’m sure he doesn’t.

Connolly is still only 18, so you can hardly claim he’s being held back if he doesn’t get into the match day 18 and gets loaned out to a lower league club for a season.

And Beckham’s not a great example either, seeing as at age 18/19 he was being loaned out to Preston North End and didn’t make his Premier League debut until about a month short of his 20th birthday. Teenagers playing in the top division are definitely unusual, and most players, including some...

Izzy Brown was toilet though. Connolly is 18 and has no experience beyond U23 level football and a sub appearance v Barnet, so I can't see him throwing his weight around with regard to getting in the first team squad. At the same age, Harry Kane was being loaned out to Orient in League 1, and...