Is there a case if we can of cancelling his loan in January, the thinking is that it might be easier to convince a decent striker to come on loan than sign permanently given our position.

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I think Roy will try to release a loan space however I don't think it will be Fosu-Mensa. He has said his future is at Man U whereas RLC has said he is unsure of his position at Chelsea. I can see us trying to buy him in January and possibly building a team for the future around him and Wilf.

Why would he want to join palace. There are bigger clubs than us he could go to...

With the success of the England youth teams, there has been a lot of talk about prospects for reaching first teams being limited, and that youth needs to be given its chance. We have had a lot of talk from Liverpool regarding the need to pay their price (CB & MS), and keep hearing that Jose (or Man U Assistant Manager) call him every week to check progress. This is either telling us that we have no chance or that he is available at the correct price. We can, currently, say that loans or player purchases will not be needed as we have young players coming through. The next two transfer windows and the games under Roy's management before those windows will be informative. COYP

I agree freeing up the option for a forward loan maybe. We've got a young right back who is very promising but not given a chance. Unfortunately Roy is not normally happy risking youth so I would expect him to buy an old experienced has-been as cover rather than a young 'un if F-M goes back. But as Dougie is involved it could be interesting to see what happens.

I don't know the precise details of the terms of the 'Loan' agreement between our club and Man Utd, but perhaps Man Utd are concerned with his lack of games and would rather loan him elsewhere to play regular football.Depending on the terms Man Utd might loan him to another club.