Bale, Lennon, Townsend. This lad isn't a winger, plain and simple. He is a number 10 who for the last year has been adapting his game to suit a wide right forward. I'm not one of the people who rates a player without seeing them, but from the limited playing time he has had I see a footballers brain and the ability to play a slide rule pass, something which none of those three you named can do. Townsend is two footed, but for all his shooting he has failed to score regularly. Lennon's shooting with his left is woeful and Bale on his right is average, even last season he put one over the bar vs the gooners from 6-8 yards out with his weaker foot.
Right now the guy is low on confidence, you can see it in his body language more than anything. Some players just need the arm around the shoulder and a few words of encouragement.
Finally, loaning him out to a club in Italy is just as bad as selling him. He will go back to square one, playing at the pace of the Italian league. The guy needs minutes in this team, playing with the freedom Sherwood has given these players. It would stand to reason that if players like Eriksen and Paulinho are suddenly finding their old skills now AVB has left, so should Lamela. At the end of the day so long as he's not another GDS (work ethic, clubs etc) he should make it, just not right away.
