,, Originally posted by Kenny Dog Leash:
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He has signed. £2.5 million.</strong><hr></blockquote>
ah what a relief
Originally posted by barca99:
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ah what a relief
Glad you agree - I know it was worrying wasn't it?
Liverpool have failed with their initial work permit application Milan Baros. The Reds bought the 19-year-old striker from Banik Ostrava in August for £3.4m, but they have been unable to bring him to England as he does not yet meet the Home Office's criteria for a permit. Baros has not yet played in 75 percent of the Czech Republic's competitive games over the last two years, although he is now a key member of their side. Despite this initial rejection, Liverpool would appear to be confident that they can win the case on appeal, but that will take two weeks at least. If the appeal is rejected, then The Reds will be forced to wait until Baros meets permit criteria, and, because of the Czechs' failure to reach the World Cup finals, this could take until well into 2002. <hr></blockquote>
woops well into 2002
Originally posted by Murt:
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woops well into 2002
Balaban, Viduka and Tugay all players who've had thier first request rejected (this was expected) only to have the verdict overturned at appeal.
Originally posted by Kenny Dog Leash:
<strong>Baros - Looks good to me.
<a href="http://www.allgoal.org/wc2002/2002-3-40.avi" target="_blank">http://www.allgoal.org/wc2002/2002-3-40.avi</a></strong><hr></blockquote>
As long that white defender doesn't play for us... it's fine with me
Originally posted by Murt:
<strong>woops well into 2002
The appeal will take place next week, so it could be sorted by Christmas - I think the letter of the law has been applied too heavily this time. After all Baros has scored 11 goals this seson and is top scorer in the Czech leagues as well as being a key figure in the Czech team at only 19.
Liverpool have already lodged their appeal against the work permit refusal for Czech wonderkid Milan Baros and are now waiting for a date to go before a football-based review panel.
That involves the PFA, FA and Premier League plus soccer experts including former managers. That could well ease Baros' passage into English football by early next year.
In fact, the Department of Employment knew Liverpool would be appealing even before they went through the motions of turning down the application for the 20-year-old Banik Ostrava striker to start his Anfield career.
Liverpool knew last week when they made their initial application they would be refused at the first stage because Baros has played only 40% of the Czech Republic's competitive internationals in the past two years.
Baros does not meet the 75% criteria - but as that means he would have had to have played for the Czechs in Euro 2000 as a 17-year-old, that is hardly unexpected.
Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry said" "We actually told the Department of Employment in a covering letter that Baros didn't meet the criteria and we requested a review panel as the next stage. The initial permit refusal was expected."
Liverpool's argument will be that Baros is considered one of the finest young players in Europe and that there is no comparable player they could sign in domestic football.
Parry said: "Baros has played in the European qualifying competitions at under-18, under-21 and full international level in the last year or so and in all the Czech's last six internationals.
"He's unique, nobody has done that. He would also have been in the full squad earlier had the Czechs not wanted to keep him in the European 2000 Under-21 competition in which they reached the final before losing to Italy.
"It was important for the Czechs to do well in that tournament, but he might well have been a full international long before that."
Ironically, the only comparison of rapid movement through the international ranks that Liverpool can find is their own Michael Owen, who virtually skipped the under-21 level, and would have had identical problems trying to get a work permit if he was a non-EU player trying to move to England.
