"We didn't offer him a new contract"
It was only the BBC and every other national media outlet running the news. It's not like it was just The Bobble, it's widely accepted as a fact.
https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/articles/czrr4dgyl7do...
I got to 47 but then got stuck, couldn't remember a couple as (in my head) it may have been pre-Premier League when they were in the top division. Good question though 👍
Sending him out on loan was 100% the right move. He just wasn't quite ready yet under Lampard. The red card he picked up against Brentford was just a mistake due to inexperience.
He came back from that loan spell a far better player. He has been...