Signing players on loan whose contracts are expiring

[wazza]

I have a player on loan who' s  contract is expiring in 6 months time and it is January so normally I can put a contract offer for him at this time, however it won't give me the option in his profile to begin talks of a contract for next season.

It appears I can't because he is on loan to me and I have to put in a transfer bid to his parent club - even though his contact his expiring - why cant I approach him like I can other players whos contracts are expiring like the player pictured at the bottom of this post - what is the difference?  It says this under the contract offer tab.  On the other player profile it says approach to sign.

To make matters worse another club though is allowed to approach him and offer him a contact for next season. so why can't I?

 

Edited May 18, 2023 by wazza

[Mikal]

Because it's 1 month between clubs in England.