Scott Parker confirmed today in his press conference

[rebel]

My only issue with loanees is when you make the wrong one's permanent.  We have let good players go far too easily in the past.  Loans at least give you a chance to see how a player fits in. FFC's problem is how the Club have failed to use it efficiently and effectively and that again points a finger at recruitment.

Agree 100%, the company has acted differently this time, where as Cavaleiro and Knockaert had clauses that they had to be signed, I think.

[bobby01]

My overriding fear is I can see Parker pushing to buy rlc when Chelsea obviously put him up for sale this summer.

[shepperton white]

RLC is non starter. We would not pay him more 40K a week - he won't accept a drop of 100K+ per week.; plus he would not consider playing in the championship anyway

[Beamer]

RLC is non starter. We would not pay him more 40K a week - he won't accept a drop of 100K+ per week.; plus he would not consider playing in the championship anyway

Plus his ego is a whole lot bigger than his ability so no worries about the cash, we just shouldn't want him in the first place.

[Penfold]

Let´s ditch the reliance on loan players. It just means every year we have to replace them. We need to acquire PL quality players for our key areas of strikers, real  wingers, creative MF & CB. Tigana did it so if we were to have a real full time DOF we can do it again.

What if there aren't any "PL quality" players to be gotten, which is always the case? This is not Tigana's Premier League. Things have changed and it is way more competitive and our owners have to deal with FFP unlike His Majesty Mohamed Al-Fayed.

Is that a dig at MAF? Let's put it straight, if it wasn't for MAF, Mr Khan would have never heard of Fulham, let alone own the club.

[Twig]

Loans or not loans makes no difference we sign them permanently if we go down they leave. It's about getting a manger who can takes us up and keep us up then the loans can become permanent

Not fair. We didn't have options to buy on all our loans so could never have signed them permanently. So we are left with a degree of rebuilding whether we stay up or go down. Plus it's been pretty obvious that not all loaners put in the hard yards (full credit to those who have.

[Buffalo76]

Ruben Useless-Cheek will more than likely get loaned out again next season to another Premier League team.