Pedro Botelho???

Post by **g88ner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:19 pm

Sorry if this is somewhere else, but apparently our 22 year old Brazilian LEFT BACK/left midfielder, Pedro Botelho, joined Levante on loan 4 days ago.

What's the deal with him?? - can he still not get a visa? or have we decided that, even at 22 years of age, he still isn't worth giving a chance at left back for us even though we're absolutely desperate?!

We've now loaned him out FIVE times to Spanish teams, so if Wenger doesn't rate him, why the fuck is he still on our books??

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:30 pm

g88ner wrote:Sorry if this is somewhere else, but apparently our 22 year old Brazilian LEFT BACK/left midfielder, Pedro Botelho, joined Levante on loan 4 days ago.

What's the deal with him?? - can he still not get a visa? or have we decided that, even at 22 years of age, he still isn't worth giving a chance at left back for us even though we're absolutely desperate?!

We've now loaned him out FIVE times to Spanish teams, so if Wenger doesn't rate him, why the fuck is he still on our books??

he surely doesn't have a visa, he never played for the national team at any level. the question is: how many years do you have to play in spain to get an european visa? i think that's what we're waiting for. i think we tried to get one of those 'special talent' visas for him a few years ago but were denied.

anyway, i don't think he's good enough for us.

RioGooner · Post by **RioGooner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:31 pm

can't get the permit and was placed under arrest just last week for drinking and driving w/o license. Top lad.

If he was any good he wouldn't be roaming by spanish 2nd division for 4 years now.

Post by **g88ner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:34 pm

that's what I was wondering, BG - we signed him in 2007! I thought he would have qualified for a visa, irrespective of international caps, by now?

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:34 pm

RioGooner wrote:If he was any good he wouldn't be roaming by spanish 2nd division for 4 years now.

this. never saw him play to be honest, but how good can he be, he's not a youngster anymore...

Post by **brazilianGOONER** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:34 pm

g88ner wrote:that's what I was wondering, BG - we signed him in 2007! I thought he would have qualified for a visa, irrespective of international caps, by now?

i don't know mate, wasn't that 5 years? i have no clue, this is a wild guess

SWLGooner · Post by **SWLGooner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:38 pm

Another completely mystifying project.

arseofacrow · Post by **arseofacrow** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:52 pm

i just got off the phone with Tom Watt and I can confirm that in the Garden of Wenger, everything is rosy.

worthing_gooner · Post by **worthing_gooner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:56 pm

It's not about a visa, it's about getting an EU passport.

You have to have lived in Spain for five years to apply for citizenship and so be given a Spanish passport, which makes them elegible to play in England without requiring a work permit or visa.

I don't know if that's the case with this kid, but certainly for Wellington and also previously Carlos Vela this was what we tried to do.

Post by **g88ner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:57 pm

arseofacrow wrote:i just got off the phone with Tom Watt and I can confirm that in the Garden of Wenger, everything is rosy.

???

Flash is Tom Wa....

arseofacrow · Post by **arseofacrow** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 7:58 pm

g88ner wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:i just got off the phone with Tom Watt and I can confirm that in the Garden of Wenger, everything is rosy.

???

Flash is Tom Wa....

Yes mate, they are one and the same.

Post by **g88ner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:01 pm

worthing_gooner wrote:It's not about a visa, it's about getting an EU passport.

You have to have lived in Spain for five years to apply for citizenship and so be given a Spanish passport, which makes them elegible to play in England without requiring a work permit or visa.

I don't know if that's the case with this kid, but certainly for Wellington and also previously Carlos Vela this was what we tried to do.

Oops, I meant passport, not visa!

5 years eh... well, according to wikipedia, he joined in July 2007 so maybe we'll have a "super quality" player arriving in the summer after all!

Post by **QuartzGooner** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:07 pm

Bits of Spanish games I have seen, he is OK, gets the odd goal, but not amazing.

An improvement on Arshavin, and having waited years for him to be eligible, surely worth a season to see what he can do before casting him away?

Though a left sided midfielder, he has played as left back, and in our current situation that might come in handy.

Same visa/passport situation might also apply with Samuel "Mini Zidane" Galindo?

arseofacrow · Post by **arseofacrow** » Tue Jan 24, 2012 8:09 pm

QuartzGooner wrote:Bits of Spanish games I have seen, he is OK, gets the odd goal, but not amazing.

An improvement on Arshavin, and having waited years for him to be eligible, surely worth a season to see what he can do before casting him away?

Though a left sided midfielder, he has played as left back, and in our current situation that might come in handy.

Same visa/passport situation might also apply with Samuel "Mini Zidane" Galindo?

same old, same old....

Post by **flash gunner** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 6:38 am

arseofacrow wrote:
g88ner wrote:
arseofacrow wrote:i just got off the phone with Tom Watt and I can confirm that in the Garden of Wenger, everything is rosy.

???

Flash is Tom Wa....
Yes mate, they are one and the same.

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