Lincoln City have confirmed the news that loanees Jack Burroughs and Alex Mitchell will remain with the League One side until the end of the season, via the club’s social media page.
The duo have played a crucial role for the Imps during the first half of the season and their parent clubs have opted against triggering their recall clauses, to allow them to finish the campaign with the football club.
Who are the duo?
Beginning with Jack Burroughs, the 22-year-old joined the Imps on loan from Championship side Coventry City and has been a popular figure amongst the club’s supporters thus far.
In all competitions, the defender has made 30 appearances for the League One side, scoring once and providing three additional assists.
Meanwhile, Alex Mitchell arrived on loan from Championship side Millwall and has been a part of a strong defensive line so far this season.
Mitchell has made 23 appearances in all competitions for the Imps, scoring once during a victory against Fleetwood Town earlier in the campaign.
The loan clauses
Unsurprisingly, the majority of loans in English football nowadays contain recall clauses in favour of the parent club. This means that clubs can recall their loanees in a set given time for free, but they only have a certain period within the next transfer window to do this.
If this isn’t triggered, the players will remain with their loan sides for the remainder of the campaign and evidently, both Coventry City and Millwall are happy with their player’s progression at the League One side.
Dark-horses
Lincoln City currently sit 12th in League One and have been busy in the transfer window so far, landing Irish forward Jack Moylan, and Luton’s Joe Taylor as well as recalling Freddie Draper from his spell with Walsall.
The club may be 16 points off the playoff places currently, but with the side now having additional attacking reinforcements, they could have a much stronger chance of entering a run of form to take them closer to the top six.
Writer’s View
Burroughs and Mitchell have both been a part of a strong Lincoln City defence so far this season as well as becoming popular amongst the club’s fanbase.
Seeing both players remain with the club shows that the Imps have had another successful stint of developing young players who needed game-time and it gives them a stronger chance going into the second half of the season.