Incoming? Oliver Antman

[Sandygate Blade]

He's a Goody Two shoes.

 

[robbiez666]

Has anyone heard the rumour about this winger from the Dutch league?

I heard about him in the previous Oliver Antman thread.

 

[Pandev]

People on twitter saying we won’t be signing this guy as we have used up all ESC places (basically foreign players work permit)

However, there’s nothing saying we have used our ESC places on Caceras, Ukaki and Ngachackwu.

Management might still be deciding on who to use the ESC permits for.

 

[DifferentClass]

People on twitter saying we won’t be signing this guy as we have used up all ESC places (basically foreign players work permit)

However, there’s nothing saying we have used our ESC places on Caceras, Ukaki and Ngachackwu.

Management might still be deciding on who to use the ESC permits for.

Thought we were only signing sexy forruners from now on?

 

[Pandev]

Thought we were only signing sexy forruners from now on?

Stupid sexy forruners

 

[Ldn_Rd_Blades]

This one’s got legs. 6 of them.

 

[Yogi]

People on twitter saying we won’t be signing this guy as we have used up all ESC places (basically foreign players work permit)

However, there’s nothing saying we have used our ESC places on Caceras, Ukaki and Ngachackwu.

Management might still be deciding on who to use the ESC permits for.

He’s made 22 appearances as a full international I don’t think we’d need to use an ESC spot for this lad he’d likely just get a full blown conventional work permit.

 

[Ukkonen]

Gerrim'in! And then next year's pre-season tour to Finland!

That would be brilliant!

If it ever happened id certainly make my way to Tampere or Helsinki, or wherever it ended up, chances are slim to none i know - it would feel weird not having to leave the country to watch United.

No doubt these rumours are nonsense but it would be great if we signed Antman, he was certainly on fire last season.

 

[Blade56]

People on twitter saying we won’t be signing this guy as we have used up all ESC places (basically foreign players work permit)

However, there’s nothing saying we have used our ESC places on Caceras, Ukaki and Ngachackwu.

Management might still be deciding on who to use the ESC permits for.

Don’t think an international takes an ESC. Hasn’t Ukaki been called up.

Might be wrong

 

[adiosmiamigo]

They call me Mr.Tibbs.

 

[jono_t2000]

Barry Campbell Antman front three with Ohare and Hamer behind

If we got Antman in ( albeit big if), then lock in promotion. Don't think there would be a better attacking setup in the Championship

 

[BigBed]

If we got Antman in ( albeit big if), then lock in promotion. Don't think there would be a better attacking setup in the Championship

Aslong as the opposition don't attack back obviously.

 

[ISZA ⚔️]

This has got signs for PSV then Dortmund in 2 years then Real Madrid for £75m a year later wrote all over it as we bump this old thread while stuck in league one.

 

[mattbianco1]

This has got signs for PSV then Dortmund in 2 years then Real Madrid for £75m a year later wrote all over it as we bump this old thread while stuck in league one.

Malik Tillman style ?

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

This has got signs for PSV then Dortmund in 2 years then Real Madrid for £75m a year later wrote all over it as we bump this old thread while stuck in league one.

And it’s all completely irrelevant because of players being linked who we were never likely to sign or probably interested in.

 

[Thrice]

If the owners want to show ambition, this is the type of transfer we have to make.

Finding cheap players via AI is nice, but you have to sprinkle in some ambitious signings here and there.

 

[Guesty]

And it’s all completely irrelevant because of players being linked who we were never likely to sign or probably interested in.

People going on like Györkeres was ever a viable option.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

If the owners want to show ambition, this is the type of transfer we have to make.

Finding cheap players via AI is nice, but you have to sprinkle in some ambitious signings here and there.

And he’d come to the Championship because?

 

[Weasel]

And he’d come to the Championship because?

We are the Blades...
We are the Blades...
And we are, we are..
The Blades.

Should seal the deal.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

We are the Blades.

Brilliant. That’ll do it.

 

[Thrice]

And he’d come to the Championship because?

Sunderland signed Le Fee from Roma. It's not like these moves don't happen. If you can sell the player on your vision and that he could be a Premier League player a year from now, he could very well be interested.

 

[Flatulent_Bob]

Sunderland signed Le Fee from Roma. It's not like these moves don't happen. If you can sell the player on your vision and that he could be a Premier League player a year from now, he could very well be interested.

Yes the circumstances are nearly identical.
We just need him to get a big move to a big club, hate it, hire his formative manager and then get him on loan for half a season before spending nearly £20m on him.

 

[S64 Blade]

Hope we sign him just so we can sing his name to Scatman (will be interesting to hear people attempting it, pissed up).

 

[TJ blade]

Hope we sign him just so we can sing his name to Scatman (will be interesting to hear people attempting it, pissed up).

Prem bound probably..

 

[MartBlade]

“Ant Man” … surely Joe Russo will want this to happen … got to be a Marvel film in there somewhere !

 

[wak1889]

“Ant Man” … surely Joe Russo will want this to happen … got to be a Marvel film in there somewhere !

Yeah if only they had thought of it about 10 years ago, they could probably have got someone like Paul Rudd to play the lead role

 

[MartBlade]

Yeah if only they had thought of it about 10 years ago, they could probably have got someone like Paul Rudd to play the lead role

I really need to start watching the Marvel films … I genuinely didn’t know it had been done!

 

[Houston_Blade]

Sunderland signed Le Fee from Roma. It's not like these moves don't happen. If you can sell the player on your vision and that he could be a Premier League player a year from now, he could very well be interested.

We signed Robin Olsen from Roma

 

[KiwiBlade]

Don’t think an international takes an ESC. Hasn’t Ukaki been called up.

Might be wrong

Full internationals don’t automatically qualify for a work permit. They still need 15 points by meeting certain criteria such as:

• Strength of the league they’ve played in
• % of league minutes played
• Final league position
• Domestic and European cup runs
• % of international games played over the last 2 years.

The full internationals automatically getting a work permit is a sliding scale based on FIFA rankings:

Ranks 1-10 need to have played 30% of games in 24 months, Ranks 11-20 need 40%, Ranks 21-30 need 60%, Ranks 31-50 need 70% and >50 don’t automatically qualify for a work permit.

Nigeria are currently ranked 43, and Ukaki hasn’t played any international games in the last 2 years. Playing one game would give him zero points towards his 15 point target.

 

[Berkshire Blade]