Jose Izquierdo - ALL CONFIRMED - NEW RECORD SIGNING

[HCxUK]

Work permit would still need to be granted so doubt it would be announced today or it could backfire!

The club could announce the deal subject to a work permit if they are confident he'll get one.

 

[atomised]

Hope we have stocked up on those rarely used letters z and q

 

[Mental Lental]

Yep, that makes perfect sense.

If this comes off that's some great business this week.

Get Ulloa in, got to be worth it shouldn't cost too much. The we get really greedy and shell out large on our true no 9 target (another big man but with some pace). Then recoup a bit and sell Hemed.

Job done.

 

[pishhead]

The guy who has reported this is usually spot regarding Belgian transfers to the PL. From the picture and the detail provided in the article it seems as though the fee and personal terms have been agreed, assuming the medical goes well the only stumbling block could be the work permit.

Anyone know the likelihood of him NOT gaining one and the typical timescale it would take to get it sorted?

The only relevant precedent is Ndidi who arrived from Belgium, he was given a permit after appeal I believe.

 

[est.83]

Hope we have stocked up on those rarely used letters z and q

Disappointed with the lack of ö-s and ß-s...

 

[stss30]

The club could announce the deal subject to a work permit if they are confident he'll get one.

True but I doubt they can be 100% confident. Ndidi deal took a while to complete for Leicester, allegedly.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

Yep that is definitely PW and that definitely looks like BHAFC headed paper.

That's a great spot!

 

[Mental Lental]

The only relevant precedent is Ndidi who arrived from Belgium, he was given a permit after appeal I believe.

On Football Manager, if not 75% played in their international team what happens is they fail the initial application and then win the appeal if the money involved is big enough. I think 16 mill is certainly big enough.

 

[DarrenFreemansPerm]

not better than will buckley surely?

Obviously

 

[Albumen]

Anyone else checking whether that's an official seagulls pen? It's not on seagulls direct . . . . deal off.

 

[HCxUK]

True but I doubt they can be 100% confident. Ndidi deal took a while to complete for Leicester, allegedly.

Just had a quick google and the Ndidi transfer was officially announced on the 3rd of January and the work permit was granted on the 6th. But the Guardian had been reporting as a done deal as early as the 13th of December so presumably the work permit process took a while...

 

[pishhead]

On Football Manager, if not 75% played in their international team what happens is they fail the initial application and then win the appeal if the money involved is big enough. I think 16 mill is certainly big enough.

The thing that is pertinent is that from this summer he has started to be included in Columbian squads. The club wouldn't be getting involved in a deal of this size if they wasn't absolutely certain he will be granted a permit.

 

[dazzer6666]

The thing that is pertinent is that from this summer he has started to be included in Columbian squads. The club wouldn't be getting involved in a deal of this size if they wasn't absolutely certain he will be granted a permit.

Indeed. Lawyers will have been all over this in advance.

 

[Meade's Ball]

I am bang in the mood for a flairified sympathetic Colombian.

 

[stss30]

Just had a quick google and the Ndidi transfer was officially announced on the 3rd of January and the work permit was granted on the 6th. But the Guardian had been reporting as a done deal as early as the 13th of December so presumably the work permit process took a while...

Exactly, lets hope we can get this over the line.

 

[Frutos]

Crazy to think that if we take the fee for this deal (assuming it goes through, of course) as somewhere around £15 million, we'll have increased our transfer record roughly 5-fold since May, when it was about £3 million for CMS.

 

[shaolinpunk]

Less than ten years ago we were signing Kevin McLeod on a free transfer. Now we're signing a Columbian international for up to £16m and breaking our transfer record for the third time in less than two months.

What a time to be alive.

 

[Frutos]

I think [MENTION=17456]The_Viper[/MENTION] will be quite pleased with this - he's mentioned Izquierdo on a couple of occasions recently.

 

[Notters]

Perhaps this begs the question again, just how rich is Tony Bloom?

Don't forget the Ikea money...

 

[Notters]

Clearer version of the pic. Is that PW second right ?

It's certainly the same bloke I saw in Valencia...