RE a) he's got one year left of his contract in the summer; it's decision-time for Utd; there's no point them keeping him in their reserves for the season; he's 21; he's very good at Championship level; he's not, and never will be I suspect, good enough to make it at the top end of the PL or...
But of those, we'll all be delighted if Crofts starts next season and I wouldn't really describe him as creative, Orlandi is usually injured and might be somewhere else soon, Agustein is out-of-favour, Lopez out-of-form and probably off in the summer, and JFC is promising but is 'efficient' in...