[Albion] Percy Tau - SIGNED on a 4 year deal - The Lion Returns. RRROOOAAAARRRRR

Jakeg said:

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Picture of him taken training with Royal Saint gillioise, would be surprised if we don’t hear soon that he has signed for them on loan.

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chaileyjem said:

Yep. A good plan. But to be fair Its been reported multiple times that there will be no football link between USG and the Albion. Its purely a business investment from Bloom and completely separate is whats been argued (presumably from the horse's mouth).

Nobody on NSC seems to quite believe that of course and its been questioned in several threads in the last few months.
As for Tau then surely the club with 100s of staff, lawyers and contacts doing a million and one things have someone who can ask, before getting too far down the track, whether a transfer will be viable or not in terms of visas, FA rules etc or likely to be.

"There will be no link between the clubs at playing or boardroom level"
http://www.theargus.co.uk/sport/162...etes-takeover-of-belgian-club-saint-gilloise/

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Stat Brother said:

It's been questioned multiple times because it makes absolutely no sense to own and run 2 identical 'companies' that can be mutually beneficial and have them keep their distance.

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chaileyjem said:

Fair enough. So either, Bloom not known for lack of business nous has just made an investment that "makes absolutely no sense" or as a football owner where he stands out as a transparent and honest owner in a questionable industry to say the least, has been lying about his intentions here multiple times.

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Stat Brother said:

Id imagine he's been 'economical' for reasons I'm way to stupid to understand.
Feel free to bounce this in a couple of seasons time, if there is no collusion between clubs.
Or I guess you could have another holiday from NSC if towing the company line makes you look a little silly, again.

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Stat Brother said:

Are you sure that's Percy?



I've been reliably informed that's not possible.

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RandyWanger said:

And some people on this thread said he'd not be going there

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chaileyjem said:

I was one of them. Because Tony Bloom had explicitly said otherwise. Lesson learned.

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Blue Valkyrie said:

I'm not sure Tony actually ruled out the odd loan - more that there wouldn't be an ongoing policy or strategy to do this.

Besides, Percy could just be training with USG for now rather than running along Hove seafront on his own.

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daveinprague said:

Fans forum suggested that they were still looking for the right club for him to develop

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Psychobilly freakout said:

Does that have to be abroad ?

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schmunk said:

On the understanding he's not currently eligible for a UK work permit, yes.

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macbeth said:

So he's made the loan move to Saint Gilloise. I had higher hopes for where this loan would be to say the least.

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GT49er said:

.................................and if that doesn't enable him to qualify for a work permit?

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GT49er said:

.................................and if that doesn't enable him to qualify for a work permit?

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macbeth said:

Definitely don't see how the Belgian Second division would help meet the requirements, but I have to assume that however disappointing this move is, the club must know what they're doing, and have a plan for him. I don't think we've signed him just for a quick profit (why go all the way to SA to scout and sign someone just to re-sell?), the club would look closer to home for quick-profit sales i.e Mateju. Either that or Winstanley or one of the scouts fancied a holiday in SA and decided to watch Tau whilst out there and bring him back for a quick sell. Honestly though, I'm sure the club have big plans for him as part of the 1st team, so this loan move to a noddy league must be part of something bigger.

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