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How do football loans work?

Football loans allow a player to temporarily join another club, often to gain experience or regular playing time. Nwaneri's loan spell at Marseille, where he played only nine times, clearly didn't achieve its goal of impressing Arsenal, contributing to their decision to offload him.

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