Its the suggestion that, based on the idiotic view that football tactics are somehow "one size fits all" when it comes to the players in those tactics which is quite frankly a baffling view to have and I hope nobody ever takes the opinions of people with that view seriously when it comes to football, returning to the LOI on loan, which is important because Preston could have easily just released him from his contract early, somehow categorically means he isn't good enough for league 1 when it is possible, if not likely that Preston's hierarchy have got offers in from League 1 clubs and Rovers and have decided that there's no point sending him out somewhere where he won't be given the opportunity to do what they signed him for in the first place so the best option is to allow him to go to a team that they know play in a way that will allow him to flourish, worst case scenario from their point of view is they still don't want him but his value goes up a bit from where it is now. From a Preston view if you want Burke to play in a team that can play in a way that suits him your choices are limited, another championship team doesn't make sense from their viewpoint, what League 1 managers say in August and what they're doing by October can be very different, the continent has always been sort of mistrusted by english clubs, then there's Rovers who you know will play a way that will help Burke play to his potential.
Anyway is this not what we want as a league? English clubs are now looking at out league as a place where their more technical players that might struggle with the more agricultural lower leagues can thrive. Can only help the image of the league and also helps keep players here longer.
As an aside noticed in Dan McDonnells recent indo piece that he says Dundalk are now offering contracts worth around 100,000 a yeah, good to see that clubs are now beginning to be able to afford to pay players wages that allow them to make a good living from the league.
Once again displaying an amazing aptitude to completely miss the point
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