Kelechi Iheanacho

[Centurions]

He's 100% signed, he was spotted by someone called Philip Brogan who scouts players in Africa, and he was the one who originally recommended him to us, everything is in hand and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit can only be granted once he turns 18 - Hopefully there should be no issues with it being granted.

I thought he couldn't sign a contract until he was 18, the work permit is separate entirely I think?

 

[Jimbob]

It's honestly sorted, I will find out a bit more tomorrow but as I mentioned, we have done as much as we can at our end, it's just a case of the work permit being sorted now which is separate.

 

[Matt the Giant]

Where is the lad now? In Manchester training with the EDS?

From what I have seen this kid could very well turn out to be something very special.

 

[BringBackSwales]

He's 100% signed, he was spotted by someone called Philip Brogan who scouts players in Africa, and he was the one who originally recommended him to us, everything is in hand and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit can only be granted once he turns 18 - Hopefully there should be no issues with it being granted.

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

 

[Jimbob]

He's 100% signed, he was spotted by someone called Philip Brogan who scouts players in Africa, and he was the one who originally recommended him to us, everything is in hand and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit can only be granted once he turns 18 - Hopefully there should be no issues with it being granted.

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

As I have said, i have it on very good authority we have a contract sorted and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit is a separate issue and needs sorting - I will try to clarify it a bit more for you tomorrow though as was told the other week by Philip Brogan's brother who as I mentioned does some bits for City and gives recommendations for African players.

 

[KenTheLandlord]

He's 100% signed, he was spotted by someone called Philip Brogan who scouts players in Africa, and he was the one who originally recommended him to us, everything is in hand and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit can only be granted once he turns 18 - Hopefully there should be no issues with it being granted.

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

As I have said, i have it on very good authority we have a contract sorted and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit is a separate issue and needs sorting - I will try to clarify it a bit more for you tomorrow though as was told the other week by Philip Brogan's brother who as I mentioned does some bits for City and gives recommendations for African players.

Is this the ex United scout who discovered Ravel Morrison?

 

[Jimbob]

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

As I have said, i have it on very good authority we have a contract sorted and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit is a separate issue and needs sorting - I will try to clarify it a bit more for you tomorrow though as was told the other week by Philip Brogan's brother who as I mentioned does some bits for City and gives recommendations for African players.

Is this the ex United scout who discovered Ravel Morrison?

He did used to work for United so it wouldn't surprise me if he had anything to do with Morrison a few years back.

 

[Centurions]

He's 100% signed, he was spotted by someone called Philip Brogan who scouts players in Africa, and he was the one who originally recommended him to us, everything is in hand and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit can only be granted once he turns 18 - Hopefully there should be no issues with it being granted.

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

The rags have signed Rojo with no work permit, it just means you can't play them until you get it sorted.

 

[BluessinceHydeRoad]

He's 100% signed, he was spotted by someone called Philip Brogan who scouts players in Africa, and he was the one who originally recommended him to us, everything is in hand and we have done as much as we can at our end but the work permit can only be granted once he turns 18 - Hopefully there should be no issues with it being granted.

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

The rags have signed Rojo with no work permit, it just means you can't play them until you get it sorted.

Does Rojo need a work permit? I heard that the delay with Rojo was concerned with the third party ownership issues involved and theat the FA?PL?whoever weren't prepared to sign off the deal because they weren't satisfied with it.

 

[Centurions]

How can we have 100% signed him if he hasn't got a work permit sorted?

The rags have signed Rojo with no work permit, it just means you can't play them until you get it sorted.

Does Rojo need a work permit? I heard that the delay with Rojo was concerned with the third party ownership issues involved and theat the FA?PL?whoever weren't prepared to sign off the deal because they weren't satisfied with it.

Hmm, looks like you're correct. It was originally reported as due to work permit problems but it looks like it's down to Doyen Sport wanting 75% of the transfer fee. :-

Louis van Gaal’s defensive concerns could deepen after it emerged that the Premier League are yet to sign off on Marcos Rojo’s transfer, partly because of Sporting Lisbon’s involvement with funding group Doyen.

Rojo moved to United for £16million eight days ago but has not yet played for Van Gaal. It had been thought that obtaining a work permit was the only delay in his registration being ratified but Sportsmail understands that the Premier League are still processing the paperwork associated with Doyen’s claim to 75 per cent of the transfer fee.

The delay would need to be overcome by 12pm on Friday if Rojo is to be eligible for the important encounter with Burnley at Turf Moor on Saturday afternoon. It is uncertain whether that will prove the case.
When Rojo was bought by Sporting from Spartak Moscow for £3.5m in 2012 Doyen are understood to have loaned the Portuguese club most of the money.

In return the investment fund would receive 75 per cent of any future transfer fee or be repaid in full at a set interest rate – as with a lending bank. But a row between Sporting’s new president Bruno de Carvalho and Doyen broke out when he discovered the arrangement and claimed the club were being put under pressure to sell Rojo to United.

Doyen insisted this was never the case but in the end the Argentina international did switch to Old Trafford. Sporting received £8m immediately, with two further instalments of £4m due but Sportsmail understands Doyen have yet to receive a single penny and are considering legal action that could end up in court.

United are not implicated in this in any shape and Doyen’s only concern is holding Sporting to the contract the club signed in 2012.
That wrangle in itself is not holding up the Premier League’s legal team but any transfer involving third-party entities is looked at with great care after the Carlos Tevez affair.

On a similar basis it took time for deals to be completed for Manchester City’s Eliaquim Mangala and Liverpool’s Lazar Markovic earlier in the window as guarantees on the ownership of their economic rights were sought.

Once the Premier League are satisfied with the issues around Rojo he will be granted permission to play – but until then it leaves Van Gaal without one of his key signings and a defensive headache.

(from the Daily Fail)