Not reading too much into that Instagram post one way or another. Just a standard issue end of loan statement.
I think our main problem with this will be the timeline. It looks like we're aiming to get business done early so we can hit pre-season with our main guys in place, but I can see LOB's future remaining undecided for a while - Forest will probably want to size up the interest over the summer and will be fine to leave it simmer for a while - if it takes to the end of the window to squeeze clubs into making perm bids, I'm not sure it affects them much.
Saying that, LOB could always just make it clear he's against a permanent move in this window and he wants to run down his contract, effectively forcing Forest into a loan to at least cover his wages for his final year.
Anyway. Be great if he could come back, but it's not as if he's the only person on earth who can do what he does. We shouldn't put all our eggs in that basket. Most Swans fans had never heard of LOB before January; no doubt there are other players out there, heard of or not, that can do an effective job for us, either on loan or perm.