Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
So, Percy didn't get off the bench again in the Champions League tonight. I assume he has to actually play these games to help his work permit status?
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Don't know, but a bit worrying - has he found 'his level'?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
As in Champions League vs PSG bench?
A bit worrying that he only occasionally plays in the Champions League and gets assists against the likes of Real Madrid?
If the significant word there is 'bench', quite possibly.
......... and is it doing much for his work permit application if he's not actually playing?
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Might be.
I assume if we ever want to see him play for us we need him to actually play these games?
Exactly, that was my point!
Bit OT but that was a p*ss poor effort by all involved in that little game of keepy uppy.
AmexRuislip
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sydney
tinky ****in winky
watford have recently secured a work permit for an 18 year old south american lad ...not an international but he is Brazilian ....surely our legal team will be looking at this.
Whoislloydy
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https://www.90min.com/posts/6486874...tford-in-january-after-work-permit-is-granted
"The Athletic provide more details about the process, noting that he was initially denied a work permit because of his lack of international appearances, so his application had to be referred to the Exceptions Panel - something which Watford were not confident would be successful.
However, the English FA have now endorsed the application for a work permit after being satisfied by the deal as a whole, with the transfer fee and Pedro's wages thought to play a major part in their decision."
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
From the article:
How does that compare to what we paid for / will be paying Percy? In fact the same applies to Alexis Mac Allister
How much do we need to pay them to satisfy the FA?
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schmunk
Why oh why oh why?
A £12M investment by Watford to showcase him in the PL for a year then sell him on for £30M, like Richarlison.
Seems good business.
Seems good business.
blue-shifted
Banned
Plenty of 18 year old from Brazil type signings won’t work out. Certainly not as well as Richarlison. They will also have had to give the bloke a crazy wage for an 18 year old, possibly leading to issues within the squad.
Having wages as one of the requirements doesn’t do much to lower wage inflation.
Given the fact that the exception panel have let this Watford bloke through, it should give us a great chance on getting Tau on a half decent contract and getting him in the country. The precedent is set.
sydney
tinky ****in winky
well ...it basically means that young pedro will pay 20 k a week tax....ffs......its all going **** up honestly ...no sense or reason to much
of it tbh.
Isn't the amount of wages needed related to the average/median/normal wage range at the club? In which case we might not have to pay as much as Watford (it'd still be a small fortune though!)
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
How much was Tau's transfer fee?
Just Percy Tau news, that's all
You misunderstood my comment. I appreciated the update, he’s an intriguing prospect. Just thought it was a funny/strange video for the club to put out because none of the players seemed that interested.
AmexRuislip
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Not sure - wasn't huge, I don't think.