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[AaronTheBlue]

Also worth adding, Sky are news whores, if they believed he'd failed his work permit it would be on that yellow bar

 

[AndyZ]

whatever people have heard, seen, said or done it's all conjecture until everton comment.

He could well have failed it, if so we'll appeal, or he could have got it.

But considering chelsea managed to get 3 players who aren't at a high as level as him.. and we don't it means the people we employ to do that job are not very good at it.

London clubs have extra pull mate.

 

[Moomin]

whatever people have heard, seen, said or done it's all conjecture until everton comment.

He could well have failed it, if so we'll appeal, or he could have got it.

But considering chelsea managed to get 3 players who aren't at a high as level as him.. and we don't it means the people we employ to do that job are not very good at it.

Chelsea are smart, they sign them and ship them off to Vitesse knowing they will get a work permit in Belgium for them.

 

[Woolly Blue]

I questioned whether he would be eligible for a work permit on page 2 of this thread. Seen it coming really.

... and you've been waiting quietly for the chance to come in and smirk a little. I'm liking your style here.
Chico will be proud of you

He has only made one appearance for the senior Argentinian national team. Albeit, he has just been named to the upcoming squad so there is potential for more caps. Still, is anybody concerned about gaining a work permit for him?

if we've bothered to agree a fee, sort out a contract and a medical for thursday then i'm positive we'll have worked it out.

It's not like the last minute banega situation it's one we've had planned for a while.

Just gotta trust the club has it sorted.

Fat lady hasn't sung yet though. We might still get a visa for the lad.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

... and you've been waiting quietly for the chance to come in and smirk a little. I'm liking your style here.
Chico will be proud of you

I'm still standing by my stance though, since absolutely nothings confirmed haha.

And to repeat my last line you just have to 'hope' the club has it sorted.

If they don't.. then it's one massive mess and i'll feel a tad sorry for him.

 

[Anna]

What happens if he doesn't get a visa? I wonder if we have a back up plan? Oh god it's going to be Jony Evans isn't it?

 

[Woolly Blue]

I'm still standing by my stance though, since absolutely nothings confirmed haha.

And to repeat my last line you just have to 'hope' the club has it sorted.

If they don't.. then it's one massive mess and i'll feel a tad sorry for him.

To be fair, the Echo reported the other day that the work permit was sorted.
It's really down to how good are representatives are at persuading the panel that the lad's a class act and isn't just a squad filler.

 

[Tommy.]

Chelsea are smart, they sign them and ship them off to Vitesse knowing they will get a work permit in Belgium for them.

How does that work?
Do Vitesse loan them on again?

 

[AaronTheBlue]

What happens if he doesn't get a visa? I wonder if we have a back up plan? Oh god it's going to be Jony Evans isn't it?

If he doesn't get a visa, we move on quickly

It would have been a risk anyway, but until it's all confirmed.. then.

i just hope we have a back up plan

 

[AaronTheBlue]

To be fair, the Echo reported the other day that the work permit was sorted.
It's really down to how good are representatives are at persuading the panel that the lad's a class act and isn't just a squad filler.

It's a real problem with 24 hour media really woolly, some news outlets will say one thing, a different one the opposite, so us as fans it's hard to tell, and thats why you have to (somehow) trust the board will have it sorted and employed.

I just feel it'd be so so stupid to go ahead with bringing him, his new wife and new born over.. get him to appear at the match.. and then not have a very very strong legal team to do all this.

It'd look very bad on our club.

 

[Woolly Blue]

It's a real problem with 24 hour media really woolly, some news outlets will say one thing, a different one the opposite, so us as fans it's hard to tell, and thats why you have to (somehow) trust the board will have it sorted and employed.

I just feel it'd be so so stupid to go ahead with bringing him, his new wife and new born over.. get him to appear at the match.. and then not have a very very strong legal team to do all this.

It'd look very bad on our club.

It happens though.

I read the guidelines a couple of weeks ago so knew he wouldn't automatically qualify on games played for Argentina and he didn't look like he had enough points to warrant a positive recommendation. The club will presumably have known that too, but have to get everything in place before they can formally apply for a visa, so bringing him over is the risk they take. The situation will be pretty much the same for Rodriguez too.

 

[AaronTheBlue]

It happens though.

I read the guidelines a couple of weeks ago so knew he wouldn't automatically qualify on games played for Argentina and he didn't look like he had enough points to warrant a positive recommendation. The club will presumably have known that too, but have to get everything in place before they can formally apply for a visa, so bringing him over is the risk they take. The situation will be pretty much the same for Rodriguez too.

That's very true, but he DOES seem to meet the exceptional player criteria, which is what they will have to argue the case for, we do have a lot of positives on that side of things, but as you say it's literally how it goes and what happens and who even is on the panel.

Rodriguez i feel will be slightly different, as he has a EU passport also, but it's just about sorting papers out and sanctioning that i feel.

We'll see in the next few days i guess, if it's off then we need to move quickly.. and not for evans.

 

[balggy]

The work permit situation is a farce. It's obviously a lot easier to pick up caps for poor national teams than it is for Argentina.

Essentially, if you want an Argentinian or Brazilian he needs to be an established international. Who can afford established Argentinian international? Clubs with a lot of money.

 

[tsubaki]

Chelsea are smart, they sign them and ship them off to Vitesse knowing they will get a work permit in Belgium for them.

Vitesse play in Holland btw

 

[chicoazul]

It's back on lads.