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Originally Posted by lacoruna69

Thanks for clarification! I always got this mistaken conception that academy players are FOC.
Garnacho is getting crucial now, hope Man U won't commit the silly mistake of loaning him out.

i think youngsters who directly joined the academy at a very young age (<10yo?) are considered FOC (eg. rashford, mctom). youngsters who joined the academy from smaller/feeder clubs or from foreign clubs come with a fee

doubt ETH will loan garnacho out when he is performing well, but ETH must protect and coach/develop him like SAF with his fledglings (and dun forget macheda and januzaj). if another winger is signed or his development stalls, garnacho will likely go on loan for more playing time

on the other hand, i feel elanga may benefit from a loan spell at a lower division or another country, because when he is playing, he seems indecisive or tentative with the ball and end up passing to a teammate. wish he could be more like garnacho and take on opponents fearlessly and dun think too much