Crystal Palace loanee John-Kymani Gordon’s future at Cambridge United to be decided during the coming days
With his loan deal set to expire next month, discussions will take place over the coming days to determine John-Kymani Gordon’s future at Cambridge United.
The 20-year-old has struggled to secure regular match action since joining the U’s towards the end of the summer transfer window from Premier League outfit Crystal Palace.
He is yet to complete 90 minutes in a Sky Bet League One encounter for United, with just three of his 14 appearances coming from the start.
Gordon has also not yet featured in a starting line-up under the recently-appointed Neil Harris, although that could change tomorrow when Leyton Orient visit the Abbey Stadium.
Nevertheless, Harris has admitted that Gordon is not playing as much as he would like and therefore talks between all parties will take place to decide whether the ex-England youth international remains a United player until the end of the season or heads for pastures new.
“That’s a decision that has to be made by three parties between – most importantly – John-Kymani himself but his parent club Crystal Palace and ourselves as well,” said Harris, who has revealed that he is keen to bolster attacking options over the coming weeks.
“I spoke to Crystal Palace last week about JK and we’ll speak to them again next week, probably after Blackburn (in the FA Cup on Saturday).
“He’s come on in two of the games (during Harris’ tenure) so there’s been an impact but he’s not started and that’s what he’ll want to do, what Palace will want him to do and ideally what we’d want him to do as well.
“That opportunity may well come tomorrow, obviously you’ll have to watch this space. Or it might come on Saturday (away at Blackburn). And then the landscape might change for how John feels, Palace feel and we feel after that.
“It’s a prime example of what January looks like, how reactive January can be to whether someone plays, scores a goal and is happy or not happy. No immediate decision has been made, it’s still a process going on with that one.”