Hart was first choice under Sven, got dropped after we signed Given and went to Birmingham on loan. But did come back as number 1 under Mancini the following year so you could say it worked12 years or so ago Joe Hart at Birmingham. Last successful loan that I can remember. :-)
But it shows we don’t seem to get any benefit from loans. Even Zinchenko only worked out after he refused to go out again after his experience in Dutch football and just stuck around the training ground and got his chance due to injuries. In view of the lack of depth with the squad at the moment and number of subs available this season I would of thought he would get game time this year like Foden got.