Sounds like a great prospect, but we need players who can produce it NOW in the PL. Maybe one for the summer? Right now, especially with Speroni’s injury, we need another gk, hence the emphasis on this Brazilian guy Cavalieri

Wants to play in Europe. Goal every 180 minutes. Unlikely to get him registered and work-permitted in time for Manchester United. We could provide the "shop window he seeks. Nine matches left - can he score five goals or more? Suggest his payment for CPFC helping his European ambitions would be a commitment to Palace at least to the January 2019 window.

He wouldn't get a work permit unless he can get an eu passport

They're getting 40 yo pie-eater Diego Cavalieri anyway. So it's not like it's a hurry cause someone else will get him in the next month anyway (they could even pass him 100 grand to make sure he doesn't sign with someone else for one month if they want to be sure).

But not that great a gk anyway, I'd have rather had Diego Alves as the Brazilians would have agreed to loaning him short term, they don't start their league till mid-April (such an emergency loan would be aproved by the FA if anything happened to Hennessey).

Edited by mattteo (27 Feb 2018 5.07pm)

Columbian players seem to do well in British football..strikers that is...the guy at Rangers in Scotland and the guy at Brighton...might be a good shout..nobody had heard of either of those and they are doing well....

Rules for work permit
In order to receive a work permit, a non
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EU footballer must secure a Governing Body Endorsement (GBE) from the FA.
In order to automatically qualify for a GBE, a non
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EU footballer must have participated in a minimum percentage of seniorcompetitive international matches for his national team in the two years preceding the date of his application (for players aged twenty
one or younger, the reference period is reduced to one year). The required percentages are determined by that country’s FIFA world ranking as follows:
o
FIFA Ranking 1-10 : 30% and above
o
FIFA Ranking 11-20: 45% and above
o
FIFA Ranking 21-30: 60% and above
o
FIFA Ranking 31-50 : 75% and above

He has no senior caps so would go to appeal process

The appeals process consists of a review of
the player’s application conducted on a points -based system by a three person Exceptions Panel.
At the first instance, if the player scores four points or more, the Exceptions Panel may recommend that a GBE be issued, but isn’t obligated to do so.
The criteria is as follows:
o
The transfer fee being paid for the player is above the 75th percentile of all Premier League transfers in the
previous two transfer window 3 points
o
The transfer fee being paid for the player is between the 50th and 75th percentile of all Premier League
transfers in the previous two transfer windows 2 points
o
The wages being paid to the player by the applicant club are above the 75th percentile of the top 30
earners at each Premier League club during the previous transfer window 3 points
o
The wages being paid to the player by the applicant club are between the 50th and 75th percentile of the
top 30 earners at each Premier League club during the previous transfer window 2 points
o
The player’s current club is in a top league and the player has played in at least 30 per cent of the
available minutes in league matches 1 point
o
The player’s current club has played in the group stages of a continental competition within the last 12
months and the player has played in at least 30 per cent of the available minutes in league matches 1
point

I think he may get 1 or 2 points so I think it is unlikely apermit would be issued. We could contract him and loan to another EU country where rules are more lax.