I’m not suggesting that we were holding off signing a new CB, more that we were holding off letting Ostigard go on loan until an incoming CB was imminent. And let’s be honest, for all the transfer rumours we see every season, the first we usually hear of a genuine signing is once they’ve arrived...
Ben White is a fine example of how well the loan system has worked for us with that successful season (for all parties) at Leeds. Whatever he thought of us signing Webster - the Championship's top rated defender on WhoScored - it didn't seem to make much difference with regard to him signing a...
We wouldn't be sending these players out on loan for regular senior-level experience unless their path to the first team for this year was about to be blocked by us bringing new players in. Keep calm everybody.