It’s not long until the January window. Might as well keep him here and then let him have 5 months at St Etienne. If they fix it so he moves as soon as the window opens he’ll have 21 games to play in for them (excluding any cup games). I’d rather that than panic and stick him in a Championship team.
It’s not really a surprise he wasn’t registered for the EL. He wasn’t eligible for the B list and would’ve taken up one of the 17 spots for non-locally trained players on the A list. They left Sokratis out so that would’ve meant leaving out another senior CB (Mari or Mustafi) which was never going to happen.
As I said, a loan move to Ligue 1 in January and getting 15-20 games is probably more preferable than 30-40 games in the Championship.
Last edited: Oct 12, 2020