Kelechi Iheanacho

[andrewmswift]

Has he been named in the squad for the upcoming friendlies?...I also read he needed to play in 75% of Nigeria's games over the last 2 years for this to count?....don't know if that true...

06/09/2014 Calabar Nigeria v Congo
10/09/2014 Cape Town South Africa v Nigeria

That's correct I think, someone also posted that the Nigerian manager stated he'd be in the U21's (?) and wouldn't automatically get in the 1st team.

thanks for your reply mate.....If that all true, that pretty much confirms he isn't going to get a work permit granted for this season.....

In all honesty, and I think I've said this before on here, but the work permit requirements in England are fucking dumb beyond belief. They honestly infuriate me.

 

[I'm no cynic but...]

That's correct I think, someone also posted that the Nigerian manager stated he'd be in the U21's (?) and wouldn't automatically get in the 1st team.

thanks for your reply mate.....If that all true, that pretty much confirms he isn't going to get a work permit granted for this season.....

Why are people discounting the special dispensation rule for exceptional talent?

Arsenal signed a young Mexican player by the name of Carlos Vela with a similar international U17 background in a team that won the 2005 FIFA U17 World Championships, a competition in which he was top scorer with 5 goals. Arsenal signed him up but he was refused a work permit here and he was loaned out for three years in Europe until he qualified for English residency.

 

[BlueAnorak]

That's correct I think, someone also posted that the Nigerian manager stated he'd be in the U21's (?) and wouldn't automatically get in the 1st team.

thanks for your reply mate.....If that all true, that pretty much confirms he isn't going to get a work permit granted for this season.....

Why are people discounting the special dispensation rule for exceptional talent?

I don't know - especially when he is currently the CAF young player of the year:
<a class="postlink" href="http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-young-player-of-the-year.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-you ... -year.html</a>

 

[andrewmswift]

just went back and watched his compilation from kansas city. the guy is ready for the first team, i really think so. he's already on the natural mental wavelength that city players must be on (see the difference between zaba and sagna, who has yet to be fully embedded in the City mentality—but Iheanacho already has it). an "exceptional talent" if there ever was one.

 

[Glauber Berti]

thanks for your reply mate.....If that all true, that pretty much confirms he isn't going to get a work permit granted for this season.....

Why are people discounting the special dispensation rule for exceptional talent?

I don't know - especially when he is currently the CAF young player of the year:
<a class="postlink" href="http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-young-player-of-the-year.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-you ... -year.html</a>

Surely if that is the case then we'd have no problem getting a work permit on appeal due to the fact that he is a player of exceptional talent and ability. IIRC that young Japanese kid who plays for Arsenal got one this way so I see no problem for iheanacho

 

[andrewmswift]

Why are people discounting the special dispensation rule for exceptional talent?

I don't know - especially when he is currently the CAF young player of the year:
<a class="postlink" href="http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-young-player-of-the-year.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-you ... -year.html</a>

Surely if that is the case then we'd have no problem getting a work permit on appeal due to the fact that he is a player of exceptional talent and ability. IIRC that young Japanese kid who plays for Arsenal got one this way so I see no problem for iheanacho

I hope we have a legal case well and ready in case the jury is anti-City, which is definitely possible. If there is an exceptional talent rule, and he doesn't get it, then the whole fucking system should be torn the fuck down.

 

[Centurions]

That's correct I think, someone also posted that the Nigerian manager stated he'd be in the U21's (?) and wouldn't automatically get in the 1st team.

thanks for your reply mate.....If that all true, that pretty much confirms he isn't going to get a work permit granted for this season.....

Why are people discounting the special dispensation rule for exceptional talent?

Actually I wasn't discounting it myself, I just forgot about it. Doh...

 

[bonespost]

Remember the Rags got a work permit for Angelo Henriquez at 18 . Sorry it's a link to daily mail <a class="postlink" href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2191660/Angelo-Henriquez-granted-work-permit-Manchester-United-transfer.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... nsfer.html</a>

 

[kaz7]

When will we know if we can use him in the first team and what date in oct is his birthday?

 

[celf]

When will we know if we can use him in the first team and what date in oct is his birthday?

Kelechi Iheanacho (born 3 October 1996)