Stoke City are in talks to take Aston Villa striker Scott Hogan on loan for the season, as per a report from Sky Sports’ Rob Dorsett, but are Villa right to let him leave on a temporary basis?
Hogan is keen to get a move in order to get first-team football and it looks like Dean Smith has no real desire to play him regularly at Villa Park, but is a loan in any way beneficial?
A number of Championship clubs are reportedly interested in taking the Irish international on loan and it looks like he’d be more than willing to accept a move
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Hogan’s time at Villa Park does look like it’s coming to an end but we’re not sure why he’s being loaned out rather than sold. Wages are an obvious issue as clubs may not want to pay him as much as Villa do, but even then, there could be something that could be worked out in terms of the Villans paying a percentage of his salary even if they sold him.
A loan feels like Villa are kicking the can down the road when they could put a reasonable asking price on Hogan’s head and allow all parties to move on.
