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- Appearances
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- Goals
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- Assists
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- Yellow cards
- 6
Maybe there's something extra going on that's outside the usual process.
Or maybe he's getting a Spanish passport.
tried to stay out of the controversial stuff regarding him as i really rate him as a player, but did he really bottle someone in argentina?
I don't think that's out of the question at all. He might have a Spanish parent?Maybe there's something extra going on that's outside the usual process.
Or maybe he's getting a Spanish passport.
Maybe there's something extra going on that's outside the usual process.
Or maybe he's getting a Spanish passport.
I would imagine that is the case. If he has a grandparant thas was born in Spain, he would most likely be able to get a Spanish Passport. The embassy is probably working on it, but Spain will require documents to confirm everything and that might take some time.
The quicker we get this work permit nonsense sorted out the better, our current defence is a shambles and this guy may not be a world beater but he'll definitely improve on what we currently have. I was hoping to see him feature on Saturday against Burnley but that looks unlikely now.
I hope Rojo is not going to miss a third games due to paper work...ffs!
What happens if he doesn't get a work permit by Monday? Is there a deadline for when we have to register players for?
Why so freaking incompetent... Waiting over a work permit.
It's nothing to do with competence. He's having problems with the Argentinian government and there's a trial to his name in Rosario which is complicating matters.
Spain and bureaucracy. 
They do love their paperwork.
They do love their paperwork.Jesus I didn't realise the work permit was still pending. Crazy.
Spain and bureaucracy.
Spain?
Some more paper work remaining I read, nothing to worry. Unfortunately it looks like we will have to wait until after the Intl. break.
He's getting the work permit from the Argentinian Embassy in Madrid.
Cantona kicked someone in the face. Your point is?
By the end of the season it's my hope we'll be playing 433 with Rojo partnering Jones.
Has this guy been able to train with us?
Good stuff. So we can just chuck him in as soon as he gets signed off.
yes, think so
I personally would prefer Smalling, but Jones comes a close second for me.
The frustration just continues to build with this one. Knowing our luck this season he'll probably get injured as soon as his permit is sorted
The frustration just continues to build with this one. Knowing our luck this season he'll probably get injured as soon as his permit is sorted
Or we loan him to Antwerp after failing to gain a work permit. What happened to our link between Antwerp though? Rarely see them get mentioned, is the link still there?
Them lads in Lisbon were always well known to be a few sandwiches short of a picnic in fairness. Wouldn't worry about it.
Really annoying to see this hasn't been completed yet. To have a player sitting there unable to be used when our defence is such an issue currently is just frustrating. I'm assuming that he won't be available for this weekend still
He definitely will not make the game.
Also, in terms of the appeal process, there are several avenues it can go down, a simple appeal where he could have don everything in UK, meant that his old team should have pulled their finger out and got the paperwork together, that's all it would take. However, it would seem as though Sporting will make this as hard as possible, difference being that apparently, if he uses the Spanish Argentinian embassy rather than than the UK one, I believe he will have a chance to appeal again, should this fail, whereas if he appealed in UK and failed, he would have to wait another standard 6 months, hence they've tried the Spanish appeal as they don't feel he is a straight forward case.
@Amir I'm sure you are aware already, but though I'd say, that's only one reason of a few of how someone may qualify automatically for a work permit..
From what I've heard it would seem we are confident of the WP being granted conditionally, however we didn't want to take any chances so made sure if this fails, we had another means.
We have no match after Burnley for 2 weeks due to the Internationals so at least should be completed before the next game
So annoying that he probably won't be able to play this weekend. I just can't wait to see two Argies marauding down that left flank.
Not knowing how the process works, but how can sporting make the process difficult? Aren't work permits purely between United and the UK government (or whatever government body handles them)
What you have to remember is a work permit, is easier attained, with more information, if they don't qualify under a special clause then they need basically speaking "enough information" about enough areas of Marcos Rojo, and a large section of that will be previous employer unfortunately
Seems to me he is trying to get Spanish citizenship.
Maybe worried about a Work Permit due to his case. But working in embassy in Spain otherwise seems bit weird.
Maybe worried about a Work Permit due to his case. But working in embassy in Spain otherwise seems bit weird.
Sporting sold him amicably to us. Why would they not co-operate ? If that was the hold up then we would have held up the deal till he got a work permit.
I hadn't heard that, can you prove it? Not that I have heard otherwise, I'm speculating.
Why wouldn't they co-operate? I'm not sure, the same reason they aren't too fussed about taking him down of either version of their club website as their player.
Again, I don't say this is the reason, I'm merely offering a theory to a subject I know a fair bit about, which means it's a real explanation, but it may not be valid in this case, I just don't understand what other reason he would have for not applying for a WP in UK at the Embassy.
Is it easier to attain Spanish citizenship than UK?
I hope the delay has nothing to do with the pending assault charge he has in Argentina
They agreed a fee with us and sold him to us and we gave them Nani as well.
The third party issues are between them and Doyen.
If he has some sort of spanish lineage then yeah. He won't get UK citizenship anyway but Work Permit. He should qualify automatically or pretty easily so odd what the hold up is. Most likely it could be worry about his pending case in Argentina. Maybe he is trying to settle that or trying to get Spanish citizenship to get around under EU laws.
Assuming he isn't available for Burnley tomorrow?