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But he was excellent in those 67 mins against Wolves, his and March link up play was excellent, showed a real understanding and he setup both March goals. Wolves breathed a massive sigh of relief when he went off.

The rules are different for European games. It’s nowhere near as straightforward as the PL squad rules. https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/champions-league-squad-rules-number-of-players-homegrown-quota-regulations-explained/blt14eefb4daa8bb717

Welbeck signed a new 2 year deal last summer, I can’t see him going anywhere.

In his 7 mins on the pitch against West Ham he had as many shots on target as they had in the entire game. In fact he'd only been on the pitch about 30 seconds when he matched them.

Impressive first PL appearance for him. He played with confidence, has two feet like traction engines and got involved well. Couple of times he could have made better decisions but i'll forgive him that as he was probably keen to impress on his PL debut and with time he'll learn from those mistakes.

You are correct, that would push him over the 15 point mark, so it looks good either way. The club wouldn't have said he would be joining the first team squad straight away unless they knew the work permit was in the bag.

He's only played in 6 games for Paraguay, that's about 30% of games since his debut so that should earn him 6 points. His Copa Libertadores minutes was only 28% of all minutes he could have played which is 4 points (he may get 5 points as Transmarkt say he was injured for 2 matches so those...

Yes, but that doesn't mean things won't change. If he's not featuring in the first team match day squad regularly come January it may be decided that a loan move for experience and game time is better.

It's possible but I am not sure that Paraguay's ranking is high enough for it to tip him over the line. It's likely he got close to the 15 points required and we applied for an exemption based on him being a promising youth player. Of course the international caps at such a young age would have...

The report on the club website says he's joining up with the first team squad when they report back for pre-season training. That means the work permit is not an issue, he wouldn't be allowed to train with the club unless he had one. He may still go out on loan but it won't be for anything other...

It's last seasons shirt, you can see the yellow side panel.

Your wife tells me it’s a regular occurrence.

Edit - Ignore I see the post was about Sima and not Enciso.

The rules were always set by the FA. As a part of having to re-write the rules as EU players no longer automatically qualified for work permits they gave more weight to the continental competitions in South American, meaning they got the same points as the Champions League etc. This does mean it...

As I said before if he doesn’t get the 15 points we will apply for an exemption to the points based system based on the fact he’s a promising youth player. The fact he’s playing full international football at 18 and is likely to be only a few points short of the 15 required, it should make the...

He's only just turned 18 and is a full international. We have a very good case for bypassing the 15 points requirement and applying for a work permit under the exceptions rule

He should qualify for a work permit as he's already a full international. We may still send him out on loan though to get more experience. However he's more experienced in senior football than Jeremy Sarmiento who forced himself into the first team picture in his first season, so we may see...

Not necessarily, it depends on what the contract between the player and agent states. It gets even more complicated if the agent has any co-ownership of the player which does happen in South America. Co-ownership of a player or his rights isn't allowed in the Premier League so we'd have to buy...