The same for me it is the best that we could hope for with a player with his record it is a win win situation for us. He will join either a low ranking premier side, a newly promoted side or one aiming to ignore FFP and go for it. Coming from Tooting originally Palace seem a good fit...
It is naive for anybody to think that we are not putting Bent in the shop window for him and and to a lesser extent Villa. He is obviously hoping to score goals for us and then sign a lucrative 3 year contract in the summer with somebody who offers more money then we can. Exactly the same...
I would only want a loan with the added purchase in January unless it was Elliott Bennett but then again some of our loans will be up at Christmas I would think. So could be one for one loan.