could we use him now? of course we could. if danilo plays in midfield, it means that we have a shortage of midfielders. and he's homegrown, so he could fill one of the two remaining homegrown slots.
as for his contract, while i don't find the wording too fortunate, his agent has a point. he'll be on the last year of his contract, this situation certainly needs a solution for the next few years.
Yes, we could use him in an emergency, but you cannot just keep him all season with a big chance of sitting on the bench for the most part just in hope/expectation that 10 first team players will be injured all at once.
Loaning him out was 100% the correct decision. We are not in RM or PSG position of benching huge earners like Rabiot and letting them expire only. They need to play in hope of getting rid of them, while Fagioli needs playing time.
I like him and all, but I have big doubts he can be anything other than a reserve for the next 2-3 years at least when he can't play more than 60mins at Serie B level. No matter how you look at it - it is a huge difference in talent, intensity, pressure, expectations etc.
Ideally he comes back next season, earns a decent playing time and becomes a 1st team player the next season, but that is the absolute best case scenario. I would like him to stay at Cremonese next season too in Serie A, then we can revisit. And if he's threatening with not extending the contract this early in his career without ever achieving anything then fuck that, sell him now.