http://tinyurl.com/5vsn9w young guns blog On loan Arsenal wing-back Pedro Botelho looks set to rejoin the Gunners in the summer thanks to a special loop-hole in the Home Office’s and Fifa’s ruling. Arsenal signed Pedro in the summer from Brazilian side Figueirense for a fee of around ￡1 million, but as part of the agreement between the Gunners and UD Salamanca a deal was reached he would spend this term in Spain following in the footsteps of Carlos Vela, however he could not make his debut until December when he turned 18 due to rule’s on Brazilian players playing in Europe. That could all change in the summer when or if Arsenal make an application for a work permit which is required for him to be able to play and subsequently earn money in England, with two options, they are as follows. Now he is 18, we can use Fifa’s “Special Talent” visa option, meaning he is allowed a permit as football’s governing body and the home office agree Pedro would offer the country something, but they are only given out in exceptional circumstances for example when we brought Alexandre Song to England he came over on a special talent visa from Bastia as he had not quite lived and worked long enough in France to enable French status. The second option of application is a traditional appeal, the English government use Fifa’s rankings when determining work permits for football players, it is worked on via a points system with the players from the top 70 sides getting preference, meaning when Arsenal applied for Carlos Vela’s visa it was rejected as Mexico were outside the 70, a problem we would not face with Pedro as Brazil are high in the standings, and the fact that before he left Figueirense he had already featured for the first team. With news also that Pedro’s English lessons are progressing well everything looks set for the wing wizard to pull on the red and white next term, offering us another option wide on the left or even at left back, to read more about Pedro and see a video of him in action, see our previous post on him, Here In other news, we have updated our Player Profile section, with now each player having their own page, to enable better discussion on them, so be sure to check that out. 上英文課照片 http://youngguns.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/pedro-in-class.jpg?w=500&h=230 -- "If Ryan Giggs is worth ￡20 million, Bergkamp is worth ￡100 million." - Marco van Basten Thanks for all the Memories 1995１０2006 --

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