[SIGNED perm] Yaser Asprilla

Discussion in 'The Transfer List' started by Eric IS Bananman, Aug 27, 2021.

  1. jackwfc

    jackwfc Academy Graduate

    Yes I get that but they both signed when we were an “established” Premier League side that wasn’t in any real danger of being relegated. I thought that Suarez was happy to stay but we decided to cash in? Could be wrong though.
     
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  2. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    I also doubt they have any plans beyond football. Difficult to imagine a better opportunity for them to make money than Watford FC.
     
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  3. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    #Pozzoball
     
  4. Hogg-DEENEY!!!

    Hogg-DEENEY!!! Squad Player

    Suarez may have been content enough to play in the Championship for us, but Granada was a very attractive proposition for him, with his family being from there, and with them being in the Europa League
     
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  5. barely1egal

    barely1egal Reservist

    Points taken but I thought is wife was from Zaragoza (which is quite far from Granada) I think and his immediate family were obviously from Colombia.
     
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  6. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    Both Latin innit
     
  7. Steve Leo Beleck

    Steve Leo Beleck Squad Player

    Colombia fans not at all happy he wasn't given any minutes in the last two qualifiers, particularly as they haven't scored a goal in their last seven competitive games.

    Their coach has the dubious honour of ruining two nations' chances of qualifying for the World Cup as he was in charge of Chile's terrible start to the campaign, got sacked and has now cost Colombia their place too.
     
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  8. BigRossLittleRoss

    BigRossLittleRoss First Team

    Ranieri did all that whilst managing Watford as well ?

    Not bad for a 70+
     
  9. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    Might mean he gets first team action more quickly.
     
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  10. hornetfan

    hornetfan Academy Graduate

    I think that Suarez was looking to leave and he had been linked with Marseilles. He had joined a new agent that season and his agent was making it clear that Suarez planned to leave. The attraction of Granada was that they would be playing in the the Europa League and - I have read - that his wife's family lives in the city. Suarez had already spent some time there because he played for the Granada 'B' team (which is when he met his wife).
     
  11. Aylesburyorn

    Aylesburyorn Academy Graduate

    Looks like he’s staying at envagado as their manager is expecting him back to play this weekend according to his press conference and a liberal using of Google translate!
     
  12. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    Probably the right decision. The kid said he'd like to stay there and there's no point bringing him aboard the Titanic just after we've hit the iceberg.
     
  13. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    Never
    Gonna
    Play
    For
    Us
     
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  14. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    Or will hate it when he does.
     
  15. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

    There's a hidden message in this but I can't quite work it out. NGPFU...hmmm.
     
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  16. The undeniable truth

    The undeniable truth First Team Captain

    …and we will hate him.
     
  17. WatfordTalk

    WatfordTalk First Team

    Played for us in 99, didn't he?
     
  18. Arakel

    Arakel First Team

    The last two letters are pretty easy to work out.
     
  19. reids

    reids First Team

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    GoingDown "The Stability"

  21. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    Right decision.

    Also saves us getting his every move being rammed down our throats to cover up our embarrassing relegation form like they did with João.

    Although even that was better than the way the social media channels post Happy Birthday about anyone who has a vague connection to Watford. Incidentally, Happy Birthday Joel Ekstrand...
     
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  22. UEA_Hornet

    UEA_Hornet First Team Captain

  23. simpleMASH

    simpleMASH Reservist

    I can see the positives of him staying in an environment that he’s happy in, as long as his work permit won’t be a problem in the summer.

    Still would’ve preferred him to play at a higher level though.
     
  24. reids

    reids First Team

    I'm presuming (and hoping) that we got the work permit which meant the level of loan wouldn't matter and we know he's gonna get regular football so it'll do for 6 months. If he failed his work permit then it makes 0 sense however.
     
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  25. LeedsOrn

    LeedsOrn Reservist

    Yes. This was my take too. I think they were planning on sending him to Deportivo Cali or some other Libertadores side which would have earned him the WP but probably have been worse for his development (because of the disruption of joining a new side, moving away from home etc). Staying at Envigado would be better from that perspective but wouldn’t have been wise if it resulted in no WP but now that’s not a concern.
     
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  26. Moosegasm

    Moosegasm Reservist

    His career will probably be over by the end of the summer after spending the money we're giving him on 'Medellin nightlife'. Are gold digging UK InstaHos not good enough for him or something?
     
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  27. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    I'm going with the latter. I fully expect the club to have to loan him out again next season to get a WP.
     
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  28. Heidar

    Heidar Squad Player

    That's the Watford Way
     
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  29. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    A 6-month delay on implementing the most naturally-applying player chant of all time - disappointing.
     
  30. hornetfan

    hornetfan Academy Graduate

    I did write in an earlier post that there have been various reports in Colombia (including from a journalist named Alexis Rodriguez) that a work permit for Yaser Asprilla to play in the Premier League was granted on Thursday, 27th January, so that it would not be necessary for him to join another club in order to gain the necessary points to qualify for a work permit. The original plan was for Asprilla to join Deportivo Cali (who will be playing in the Copa Libertadores) or Udinese in order for him to acquire sufficient points to qualify for a work permit to play in the Premier League. The reports mentioned that Watford and Envigado were in talks about whether Asprilla should stay with Envigado for the next six months (which was his preference) or come directly to Watford. I failed to mention that the reports actually referred to the work permit being for him to play in the Premier League in the 2022-23 season.

    Ryan Gray suggests in the Watford Observer that Asprilla does not yet have sufficient points to qualify for a work permit, but he does not always seem to be in full possession of the facts (e.g. when he claimed that Watford had no interest in signing Kalu). The report by Lucas Sposito in Sports Witness (which is based on Colombian sources) takes a different slant and makes no mention about there is still a work permit issue. I agree with Reids and LeedsOrn that it would make no sense for him to continue at Envigado if he did not already have a work permit to play in the Premier League.

    https://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/19901863.envigado-keep-watfords-yaser-asprilla-loan/

    http://sportwitness.co.uk/watford-signing-wont-joining-hornets-season-papers-signed-players-request/
     
    Last edited: Feb 5, 2022
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  31. folkestone orn

    folkestone orn Squad Player

    His 2 yng 2 drink sangria m8
     
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  32. wfc4ever

    wfc4ever Administrator Staff Member

    I can think of a club in Italy...

    :rolleyes:
     
  33. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

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  34. Burnsy

    Burnsy First Team

    I love they have confirmed he left them to us - and then wished him luck. And then announced they have signed him from us.

    All the while, we haven’t even officially mentioned him once.

    Strong whiff of him never playing for us, or even arriving. Some club will buy him from us for £4m and it’ll be crowed about as excellent business because he never wanted to play for us anyway.
     
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  35. RS2

    RS2 Squad Player

    Would you be a bit peeved if you were Asprilla? He gets a big move to a Premier League club, it's all over the news in his home country and yet we don't even bother announcing it. Maybe it's just me but it wouldn't exactly give me a good impression of Watford.
     
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