Christian Atsu

Bigmaclad · August 10, 2014

madkiwi said:
Never on Sunday

You feeling alright lad?

madkiwi · August 10, 2014

Bigmaclad said:
You feeling alright lad?

Bit green. (Old joke).

Hopefully Atsu will be feeling okay, and pass the medical.

scratchnsurf · August 10, 2014

Azzurri said:
Work permits are weird.

What's the point again? I'm sure they had some function in football. To stop big teams cherry picking from other continents or something.

They make the news because of transfers, but i think they are for employment generally and are a legal requirement to work here if you are from outside the EU, regardless of what the job is. I think.

Azzurri · August 11, 2014

scratchnsurf said:
They make the news because of transfers, but i think they are for employment generally and are a legal requirement to work here if you are from outside the EU, regardless of what the job is. I think.

Aye I thought that as well, but why the whole thing about international football and stuff? You think they'd just give them to professional footballers.

tim cahill · August 11, 2014

Azzurri said:
Aye I thought that as well, but why the whole thing about international football and stuff? You think they'd just give them to professional footballers.

Agreed. Seems daft to me especially at premiership level. Plenty of great footballers never manage to make their international teams but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a chance

Big Fat Sam · August 11, 2014

tim cahill said:
Agreed. Seems daft to me especially at premiership level. Plenty of great footballers never manage to make their international teams but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a chance

True. Imagine Tony Hibbert's despair of being rejected for a move to the MLS on the grounds that he was only kept out of the England team the past decade by the almighty Glen Johnson.

tim cahill · August 11, 2014

butters said:
True. Imagine Tony Hibbert's despair of being rejected for a move to the MLS on the grounds that he was only kept out of the England team the past decade by the almighty Glen Johnson.

Exactly!

matty1878 · August 11, 2014

I think he will sign on Wednesday

riddick · August 11, 2014

tim cahill said:
Agreed. Seems daft to me especially at premiership level. Plenty of great footballers never manage to make their international teams but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a chance

Distin and Arteta to name two. I get Arteta but Distin NEVER getting a cap is absurd. Makes me wonder what the requirement would be for those players, 'excetional talent'? Well theyre being asked to play in Premier League, obviously they have exceptional talent.

VaguelyBrown · August 11, 2014

Work permit shouldn't be an issue, but I'd imagine he'll be on a Tier 2 visa and will therefore need to apply for an Inter-Company Transfer in order to change the company he works for. I think he should be OK with the Certificate of Sponsorship that he must already have from Chelsea though, as he is technically still contracted to them after he leaves us (if he leaves us...)

Hitchy · August 11, 2014

riddick said:
Distin and Arteta to name two. I get Arteta but Distin NEVER getting a cap is absurd. Makes me wonder what the requirement would be for those players, 'excetional talent'? Well theyre being asked to play in Premier League, obviously they have exceptional talent.

I think Arteta may have been given a cap or two when he was at his peak if he was playing for a bigger club than us at the time. Was an absolute joy to watch back in his prime... now he doesn't even look half the player he was

blue4eva77 · August 11, 2014

riddick said:
Distin and Arteta to name two. I get Arteta but Distin NEVER getting a cap is absurd. Makes me wonder what the requirement would be for those players, 'excetional talent'? Well theyre being asked to play in Premier League, obviously they have exceptional talent.

Agreed......

I always thought the same for Di Canio. How he never was part of an Italian side at senior level is incredible really. Sorry to go off topic.

bizzaro · August 11, 2014

tim cahill said:
Agreed. Seems daft to me especially at premiership level. Plenty of great footballers never manage to make their international teams but that doesn't mean they don't deserve a chance

Its employment law. The same law that applies to anyone else in society

LAToffee · August 11, 2014

meagher94 said:
Every Everton fan should bloody love him.

He would have done exactly the same thing at Goodison

bizzaro · August 11, 2014

riddick said:
Distin and Arteta to name two. I get Arteta but Distin NEVER getting a cap is absurd. Makes me wonder what the requirement would be for those players, 'excetional talent'? Well theyre being asked to play in Premier League, obviously they have exceptional talent.

I could be an exceptional talent shelf stacker. However there are 1000's of British shelf stackers without jobs who could easily do the same work.

In the EU its different. There's a freedom of movement treaty that allows you or I to work anywhere in the EU. Its part of a free market.

These laws stop 1000s of shelf stackers or footballers who kick a ball taking jobs from EU citizens. Unless there is a shortage of skills in that job. E.g. medical doctors

These employment rules are the same in most other places in the world.

Its to stop distortion of labour markets.