The issue was actually over trying to recoup as much as possible as was invested in his purchase - hence the E5.5m price tag which largely covered the outlay of his purchase. The judgement was made - probably by Roy, Dougie and Parish - that he was not going to make it in the PL and hence it was best for both parties to cut their losses. Such a view was, it is worth recalling, very much the judgement of the vast majority of fans. Hence, it has been a major surprise that he has done so well in Turkey whereas his impact on loan in Belgium was minimal.
Many people thought at the time that the deal that had been struck was a good one for CPFC; easy with the great vision of hindsight to say it should have been done differently.
Personally, I am still not really convinced that he will make it in a top league but time will tell.

Not sure what Wright and Vardy have to do with Sorloth, as both of them are English. A better comparison is Sandor Torghelle the Hungarian flop Dowie brought in, had rave reviews, but couldn't hack the Premier.
Hodgson is right, just because you score in one league, it doesn't follow that you will score anywhere.
The exact terms of the loan deal aren't known, its all been paper talk, we may have a big sell on clause. Its common sense not to reveal all the details of a deal. The Utd Zaha deal, who knows what the real sell on clause is?

If you were asking me. I don’t think he would cut in the PL, from what we have seen so far, but he is only 23. My gripe is the appalling Liam detail, surely no-one can think it was a good deal!

We paid 9M+ for this guy, gave him practically no opportunity, then immediately dumped him with no chance to recall him for 4M.

Now he's scored more than entire team this season. For anyone saying he plays in a crap league, would Benteke score 30+ in Turkey? We still have him.

No matter how you look at it, the Sorloth affair was a massive failure by the club. We either grossly overpaid for a useless player, or we let young world class striker go for nothing.

It was a horrible, embarrassing business deal, and some combination of DF and RH deserve to take some serious blame for it. We don't have the money to afford lighting it on fire like we did with Sorloth.