Work Permits

[Noelie 103]

I may have missed earlier info in another topic but I am a little confused about Geremi needing a work-permit.

Surely if he spent a season on loan at the Boro courtesy of Real Madrid then spent time at Chelsea after they bought him would indicate that him getting a work-permit is not an issue.

If he was on Chelsea's playing staff before transferring to us he must have had a work-permit, surely that didn't become voided by the transfer??

Or is there a time-limit on work-permits and his has lapsed and he needs to get another one.

[sammynb 3161]

Or is there a time-limit on work-permits and his has lapsed and he needs to get another one.

Bullseye, get him a portugese passport I say

[The Mighty Hog 488]

You need a new work permit when you shift clubs. No matter if it's between clubs in the same country.

[Guest alex]

Completed move after getting one according to the Beeb breaking news.

[Jimbo 172]

Completed move after getting one according to the Beeb breaking news.

 

 

NEWCASTLE United have been granted a work permit for Cameroon star Geremi making the versatile midfielder Sam Allardyce's fourth signing of the summer.

 

The 28-year-old passed a medical and agreed personal terms with the Magpies earlier this week, penning a three-year deal at St.James' after joining on a free transfer from Chelsea.

 

He will join up with his new United team-mates when they return from their training camp in Austria next week.

 

Cameroon international Geremi, who can play in both defence and midfield, has been at Chelsea since 2003, making 72 appearances and scoring four goals.

 

He spent the 2002-03 campaign on loan at Middlesbrough from Real Madrid, and scored seven times in 33 outings for our north east neighbours, including the winner in a Tyne-Tees derby at the Riverside Stadium. That season he was voted Boro's Player of the Year before opting to continue his time in the Premier League with a permanent move to Stamford Bridge.

 

Geremi joined Real in 1999 and played 45 times for the Spanish giants. He began his career at Cameroonian club Racing FC Bafoussam in 1995 before moving to Cerro Porteno in Paraguay two years later for a short stint.

 

After playing six times in South America, he moved on to Turkey in 1997 to join Genclerberligi where he netted nine times in 57 games before leaving for Real Madrid.

 

Geremi made his international debut in 1996 and has 60 caps for Cameroon, scoring six times. He won Olympic gold for his country at the Sydney games in 2000.