
Despite their recovery from chronic ailments, neither defender has been able to play for Burnley in the Championship this year.
In last week’s FA Cup match against Reading, Ekdal did make his eagerly anticipated comeback off the bench, but Delcroix did not play.
Parker made all 11 changes to his team for the 3-1 victory over the Royals in extra time, but it was still revealing that neither Ekdal nor Delcroix were included in the starting lineup.
At this moment in time, CJ Egan-Riley and Maxime Esteve remain Burnley’s first-choice centre-back pairing while both Joe Worrall and John Egan provide reliable backup.
Despite doing very little wrong, it means Ekdal and Delcroix find themselves well down the pecking order.
When asked if the defensive duo would benefit from a loan move this month, Parker said:
“There may be an option there, yes,” he said.
“I mean, both players really have got the quality to play football. They are both very, very good football players.

From my position, of course I’d love to keep them here and be part of things. But I also understand what stage they’re at and whether game time is a big thing for them, which I’m sure it is.
“They want to try and play some minutes and it’s a position in our squad that we are pretty stacked in terms of defenders, so there may be an option there.”