Originally Posted by
AucklandRover
One of the issues nowadays is that the PL clubs (and some below) are producing masses of "promising youngsters". Only the very best get a regular first-team place, however, and many of the rest get loaned out. That's where the gamble comes in. Harper didn't work out last season, but Armstrong and Chapman did.
If Brereton arrives, and a purchase at the end of the season is a fixed part of the deal, Forest come up smiling. We take the risk that he will work out, and they get the money. I'd rather he came on loan only - with an OPTION to buy. I hope that is what the club negotiates.