Errrrrrr.....
I think you'll find we gave him a two-game trial and presumably we weren't interested. I doubt very much we wanted him either permanently OR on loan.
His contract with Everton expired at the end of last season, so he was a free agent.
He played a couple of games for the U-23s earlier this season, coming on as a sub against Wolves and starting the U-23 Premier League Cup win at West Ham.