Err, you must have misread my post mate.
I didn't ask the logic of this transfer but the rules of Home Office per se.
Please read again.
I do understand UK doesn't want to open the boarders for foreign workers
but if a company has found a foreign expert who is unavailable in UK
AND he can care for his daily life not short of money and anything else
then why does he only get a work permit for company A if he would like to join company B instead at same terms?
Isn't that obviously a system error?
And further: if he gets the work permit and he joins company B next January, would he keep his work permit?
But wouldn't that be circumventing the rules?
There is fundamental problem in those regulations IMO: relative valuations of wages and transfer fees.
I did understand your post. I outlined the logic of his eligibility to meet the criteria being higher this year, compared to last. For us, first of all. And then, in addition, potentially even further for Villa, as wages and fees Are a tangible criteria. Not just in football, but any work permit scenario, as are age, qualifications etc.
Sure, you can see a problem with the overall procedure and how it is assessed. I could agree. But thats a whole other (lengthy) discussion.
Valid point re what happens to his work permit should he transfer to us later, or anyone else. i don't know or wouldnt pretend to. In other more typical scenarios, the work permit is typically relative to that employer, doesnt mean you cant get one for a new employer, but it would need revisited.
Not sure how that applies to the exceptional talent category. my guess would be, it sets a precedent for him, if he is eligeble as a talent he persumably doesnt lose his talent. Also, chances might be, by then he might be eligeble more conventionally, having earned the caps for brazil.
Either way, i'm not claiming i think he is likely to get a work permit. just that i can see the arguement in it, and that both clubs must as well, if they are going ahead with this. And that i'm not dismissing it offhand.