The 20-year-old has found himself well down the pecking order for the Blues after firing the winning penalty against Norwich City in the 2002 Play-Off final to send them to the Premiership.
Gradi explained that although taking him out on loan would be welcome, dropping current midfielders to cater for him would be a pointless move.
Dario: “I had an agent friend on to me about Darren Carter, saying he’d like the boy to come here on loan.
“While I would like him to come here, there is no point. What am I going to do? Leave out Justin (Cochrane) or Neil (Sorvel)?”