That's just the reality of the situation though, isn't it? He was way out of his depth in a mid table Championship team and not good enough for a mid table League 1 team either. It's as well to be honest about it.
I wouldn't want to see him go back to the Championship on loan next season, if he's not good enough for League 1 in the spring he's unlikely to be good enough for the Championship by late summer or autumn. I doubt any Championship team would want him anyway.
He should probably just go back to Under 23 football for now and show that he can become a prolific scorer at that level (which he never actually did, most of his goalscoring was with the Spurs Under 18s, then he jumped to the fringes of the first team squad and didn't play that much under 23s). He should also work on the physical side of his game as well during that time. Then, if he succeeds at that level, try another loan move at a realistic level of football for him.
If it is to be another loan move right away I would suggest that the English lower leagues would not be the way to go. Somewhere like the SPL might work, obviously not one of the bigger clubs, but moves to clubs like St Mirren (McGrath, McCarthy, Doyle Hayes) and St Johnstone (McNamara) seem to have been successful for our younger players recently. Not an overly physical league and small squads mean plenty of first team chances.
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