MILLWALL are currently weighing up which young players to send out on loan next season.
A number of young Lions are in demand and Millwall recognise the value of that route to develop their players.
Gary Rowett has added striker Kevin Nisbet to his squad and there will be more arrivals on the way. Rowett wants to have as many new players on board as possible before the squad and staff head to a training camp in Spain in early July.
That will push some of the younger players down the pecking order, though they are more likely to get their first-team chance after the club missed out on promotion. Had they achieved their Premier League dream then it would have spark a wave of incomings, further limiting the youngsters’ opportunities.
Millwall have high hopes for their academy players, especially after they won the Professional Development League national title under Kevin Nugent last month.
Now the club has to decide whether to make similar plans to the ones for Danny McNamara, who had a number of loan moves that eventually helped him break into the first team, or Billy Mitchell, who the Lions decided to keep at home and he is now a regular.
Players such as Abdul Abdulmalik, top-scorer for Millwall in that under-21 campaign, and captain Chin Okoli are getting to the point when they need senior football.
Meanwhile, midfielder George Evans could be available for transfer in this window.
Evans, 28, has never been able to force his way into the first team on a consistent basis since he joined from Derby County in the 2021 winter transfer window.
The Manchester City academy product has made 53 league appearances in two-and-a-half seasons, 31 of them starts. Evans has scored two goals for the Lions.
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