I'd be hoping that the selling club allowed a loan; if they said no then the question becomes 'how bad do I want them?'...and that's a matter of what the club's priorities are.
There's players moving for cash in this window.
So what happens if we say no to the loan and the club enquiring don't want the player badly and nobody else is keen?
Do we keep them on the wage bill, possibly not registered with the squad due to limits and let their value decline further? Or get a bit of their wage paid and hopefully they put on a show in the shop window? There's no guarantees obviously but I can't see the worth of having deadwood hanging around Finch Farm if there's another option.
The players moving for cash are doing so because somebody wants to pay for that player. That doesn't mean there are willing buyers for Everton's unwanted players or that those players even want to move on permanently. The air at Finch Farm may well be hanging heavy with the same Rodwellian stench that affected Sunderland.
