Seven ‘Big Six’ stars who shone after a Championship loan: Kane, Mount…

The loan system can benefit Premier League teams, allowing their rising stars to gain experience elsewhere. And the Championship has often proven to be a great destination with plenty of success stories.

Loans to the Championship are often more successful than loans to fellow Premier League clubs as loanees can play more matches, take up a more important role and play in a more physically demanding league. These young stars also have a good chance to make themselves promotion or play-off heroes.

In some cases, players have done so well on loan in the Championship that their parent club decided to give them a chance in the first team upon their return.

Manchester United’s James Garner will be hoping to follow in their footsteps after helping Nottingham Forest win promotion to the Premier League.

We’ve picked out seven players from the Premier League’s ‘big six’ clubs who shone at their club after going on loan to the second division.

Currently one of Arsenal’s best players, Smith Rowe had to navigate a fairly tricky path between the academy and the first team as he embarked on two loan spells in his late teenage years.

A move to RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga was marred by injury before he spent the second half of the 2019-20 season on loan at Huddersfield Town.

This was where the talented playmaker developed his speed and strength, but he also managed to showcase his excellent skills.

“Emile Smith Rowe is just a really lovely player, isn’t he?” Huddersfield manager Danny Cowley sad in 2020. “He has that ability to find space; he could find space in a telephone box.”

His Championship loan spell meant that he is adored by fans of Huddersfield and Leeds United, as he scored a goal against West Brom which confirmed that Leeds