It’s a Cinderella story this Delap talk. He needed to be loaned; if he stays, he will play very little games. A club aiming to be the best in Europe can’t rely on a guy just out of the Academy.
I agree, which is why I'm miffed that the club have bodged up signing a number 9 this summer.
I'm purely saying given the situation we are now in, take a gamble by playing the only natural number 9 we have in the first team setup. All it takes is one season of football for a striker to burst on to the scene.
It's clear that he's not going out on loan now, so the club at least do have plans to integrate him properly with the side this season.