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Get him on loan now
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Douglas Luiz
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The point I’m trying to make is that when it comes to issuing a work permit to play football in the PL, it should not matter WHICH TEAM!I think it was slightly more objective and had something to do with the relative position of his wages in the squad.
Still not the best way of determining how much of a star you are signing I agree.
You either can or cannot, but choosing teams is not a level playing field.
Relative wages and fee have a big say- bumped up the argument points for the permit. We couldn't really do anything for the feeI think it was slightly more objective and had something to do with the relative position of his wages in the squad.
Still not the best way of determining how much of a star you are signing I agree.
How is it a fuck up? Denied the work permit but you think we should have kept him around as an unpaid club mascot or something?
Couldn't have kept him around as an unpaid club mascot, as he didn't have a work permit.
The point I’m trying to make is that when it comes to issuing a work permit to play football in the PL, it should not matter WHICH TEAM!
You either can or cannot, but choosing teams is not a level playing field.
It isn't set 'by team' though. It is by where the player sits in the percentage of top earners, to qualify for a work permit.
Say 150k a week with us he is probably in the top 50%, and wouldn't qualify, we would have had to pay well over that to get him in the top bracket of (far more established) earners. 150k at Villa he would have at the time have been in the top 10% and he qualifies.
Agree on the principle though, it should have been a set number for the wage, rather than a percentage relative to overall wages. But those were the rules at the time. Not the PL rules btw, the government rules set by the home office.
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