Douglas Luiz (signed for Villa)

[FantasyIreland]

MEN also saying we sold him to Villa as we couldn't get a work permit. Am I missing something ?

Yes,a decent source for your info.

 

[Burnage Burnsy]

Can anyone explain how we cant get a work permit but Villa can?

Read Domalinos post on page 2. Explains it very well

 

[blueinsa]

Read Domalinos post on page 2. Explains it very well

Thank you sir.

 

[FantasyIreland]

MEN is reporting there is a buyback clause. Which, obviously.

https://www.manchestereveningnews.c...fer-news/man-city-douglas-luiz-villa-16649326

They haven't a clue,they have lifted part of a report from a Birmingham rag and added a bit of educated guesswork.

 

[cjn]

They haven't a clue,they have lifted part of a report from a Birmingham rag and added a bit of educated guesswork.

I agree that the MEN is generally useless, but this appears to be their own reporting (however much that's worth is very up for debate)

 

[Irlamblue]

fantastic buy back clause - villa will have to pay us 15 million back and pay for his taxi

 

[testies]

His visa was granted today (globoesporte.com)

 

[not my fault!]

Hypothetical... And yes I know it would not happen, but now his work permit is granted what’s stopping city say activating the release clause right now during this window? A) is that possible (albeit unlikely) B) would his permit even transfer across? Just out of curiosity more than anything else and technically it’s within the rules of amount of clubs paid in each season.

 

[Chi-town blues]

Can anyone explain how we cant get a work permit but Villa can?

This

 

[blueparrot]

This

explained in this post.

This is actually a brilliant move by the club to get him a work permit, and the reasons are that a lot of the points in the appeals system are based on your importance to the club you join.

The biggest difference maker will be his wages. Here are the possible points a player can get -


3pts - Fee is in the top 25% of all PL transfers this summer.

2pts - Fee is in the top 50% of all PL transfers this summer.

3pts - The wages are in the top 25% at the club.

2pts - The wages are in the top 50% at the club.

1pt - The players current club is in a top league and he played 30% or more games.

1pt - the players current club is in European competition and played 30% of games.



At Villa, Luiz will probably be in the top 25% of earners, so that gets him 3pts straight away. You only need 4 points to get through so it's a game changer.

He should get at least 1 for playing in a top league last year, and probably £15m will be in the top 50% of transfers, so that'll be 2.

Which would give him 6 points. At City he'd only get 1 - for playing fir Girona.


But the great thing is that once he gets his work permit at Villa, they can't take it away easily, so if we have a cheap buyback clause we can get him back next season and he'll be able to play for us.