Whatever transpires between now and the end of the season, Aston Villa’s Lamare Bogarde can be firmly filed in the successful loans category for Bristol Rovers, to the point there is a desire for Joey Barton to bring him back to the Mem next season.
Whether that’s possible lies in the hands of the Premier League club who will have a designated pathway mapped out for the 19-year-old having placed significant focus, time and resource on their loan operation over the last few years.
Since arriving in BS7 on transfer deadline day, Bogarde has made 15 appearances for the Gas, 13 as a starter, and locked down the defensive midfield position alongside Grant Ward, impressing with his ball-playing, aggression and maturity in possession in what has been his first sustained taste of senior football.
