But what loan option? I get the impression that by the time we got to yesterday (especially by the time we signed Krul) that looking for new names had long stopped; we had the list and we were working down it - and everyone on it was a permanent target.
I don't think that would have been an option - the deal notice (to get the 2 hour extension) was sent through with terms agreed with Spurs - a loan deal would be a different deal and so wouldn't be available after 11pm?
It's not like TB & PB would have been unaware of the rule. They used it on Krul because all the remaining striker targets were permanent signing targets and they were fully focused on those; it's not like they could have gone after a loan signing after the last of these (Janssen) fell through...