According to reliable Twitter ITKs* we've all but** signed Paulista from Villarreal

[the splendor of antigone]

Met his release clause of 20 million eurobucks apparently. Sounds very un-Arsenal-like. :rubchin:

I know nothing about him except that he looks decent in a skills compilation video on youtube; and having great skills is, after all, what we all want in a central defender. He does look quite Neanderthalish, though, which is more like it imo.

*This may be an oxymoron
**What an odd expression

[eastgermanautos]

[Luis Anaconda]

and has no EU passport ergo he will not get a work permit

[Luis Anaconda]

:yikes: Has the euro really got that bad :bankrupt:

[Billy Goat Sverige]

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/f a-intends-to-close-work-permit-loophole-to-protect-english-t alent-9976354.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/fa-intends-to-close-work-permit-loophole-to-protect-english-talent-9976354.html)

We'll get Dunga to have a word imo.

[Luis Anaconda]

what a surprise.


Hard to make a case for exceptional talent if we are only willing to stump up 6 million though

[Pokster]

are not "outstanding" talent.. in fact, I would be shocked if they are better than some of the English Championship players.


At least this one plays in a top European League for an established club*

Are Villareal still in the top division????

[Luis Anaconda]

the system was always a bit of a farce - a guy with 70 odd caps for Saudi Arabia would qualify for a permit above a guy with 3 caps for Brazil. Not a huge amount of logic

[Ben.]

maybe they thought we were buying the 23m stepover won.

[Luis Anaconda]

was pretty good for us for a while as well which people tend to overlook

[Rich]

[Luis Anaconda]

Think he scored one of the goals when we beat Everton 6-1 at Goodison Park though. That was quite some game

[Rich]

Why was Denilson taking our free kicks?

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

Another game in which he sat deep and sprayed balls quarterback-fashion all over the pitch.

I thought he'd be a star tbh.

[Rich]

[Ben.]

one of the under age world cups, I vaguely recall they beat Mexico, with Vela and Dos Santos, in the final.
Brazil's best players were Anderson, who got a move to Porto, and Denilson.

[Sir Charlie of Nicholas]

[Ashberto]

to inflict another dose of miserable humiliation.

[Berni]

much for him.

Which would also explain why he was so slow.