If ... eventually ... nah, that's bollocks. He's performed very well wherever he's been sent, he's high on confidence and champing at the bit to do it with us. Now it's up to the club to trust either him or a 37 y.o to do a job next season. There's only so many loans that work out due to the vagaries the system is susceptible to. He could very well go out on loan to another club, find himself in a Josh at Swansea or a Baker at Wednesday situation, suffer from loss of confidence/form/enthusiasm/all three and immediately the talk will shift to how he never was that good anyway etc ... until another 'prospect' comes along and the circus continues ad infinitum.