The amount of competitions we're in and with I'm sure heavy focus on the Prem, Europa and FA Cup we can't afford to be loaning out anyone tbf.
Lokonga could get some good minutes in the lower levels of the Europa and FA Cup early rounds.
I'm not sold on him but unless we sign a CM we can't go into all those competitions with just Xhaka, Elneny and an injury prone Partey.
........... in fact due to Partey's injury record even if we sign a CM, Sambi should still stay, we need bodies.