I imagine the loan move was talked about when he signed his latest contract, I doubt the club has just suddenly had a change of heartSometimes city say something with the youth, then do something else, I think James Mcatee is a great player much like the same mode as Phil Foden and city just had him in and around the first team to get him playing with better players in training than loan him out,
James Mcatee might feel unwanted by pep and man city and may question why Foden was kept in and around the first team and not him