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No. He's not good enough.

His current club haven’t even played him in 50% of league and CL minutes. Belgium league is well below PL standard so he’s very unlikely to be good enough to make a difference in the Premier League, and certainly not worth making him the highest paid player at the club.

From my understanding of the rules, I think Izquierdo’s permit would’ve been granted mainly on the basis of his transfer fee being >50th percentile of the average PL fee at that point and his wages similarly being >50th percentile.

I suppose they take into account the massive amount of revenue that a world-class player earning £10m a year will bring to the U.K., not just through their 45% income tax, but also in enhancing a product that is exported worldwide for billions of £.

South Africa are not ranked in the top 50. If they do break into the top 50, he’d then have to play 75% of their games for the next 2 years (and they’d have to remain a top 50 nation).

Does it matter if SA break into the top 50 anyway? I thought the player had to have played a certain percentage for his national team for a 2 year period during which they were actually ranked in the top 50.

Weren’t the initial efforts to get him on loan to a club in one of Europe’s top leagues? Union SG was a last resort, if I remember correctly - and I may be wrong.

Just don’t forget to first state you’re a season ticket holder, and for which stand.

I think he has to have played for the Saffers during the time that they were in the top 50 though, unfortunately. The only way he'll get a work permit under the current criteria is if he is one of the top 25% of earners of the top 30 earners at the club (ie the 7th highest paid player), and if...

Because, depsite being in the EU, the UK still has full control over which non-EU citizens are allowed to work here. Basically, you've been lied to. (the stuff about Bananas is a complete myth as well)

Where have you been for the last 18 months?! We got promoted to the richest league in the world and made £108 million last year in TV money alone. Add in the 12m for ticket sales plus a further 15-20m in sponsorship, advertising and other commercial income, and I think we can cover the 3-4m...