Pep had said for a lot longer than Dec that Phil was not going out on loan,never ever,certainly not in Dec just gone,phil has never asked for a loan,he as been happy learning from the likes of Dave and said several times he is playing and learning from the best and in the best place,the whole loan thing has been a push by the pundits who gleefully told us he would never play and would be ruined
You should read the article before speaking about it.
If you don't have an Athletic subscription, don't talk about an article you can't read.
There's been interviews with about 6 high ranking CFA people in the article as well as family friends and although he's not quoted outright, it sounds like Phil's dad.
So if he's done all those interviews to write an absolutely brilliant in depth article, I imagine he's got that bit about loan discussions and why they decided against them well sourced.