Douglas Luiz - back home on loan

[baddowvillans]

So if he was supposed to be here by Monday...........

[VILLA MOLE]

Are we fining him already for being late?!

[Dogtanian]

Douglas Louise, is how it's said, apparently.

Cheers.

[mr underhill]

But does he actually exist?

[Fred Crump]

Is he a relative of Juninho? Have a horrible feeling he will suddenly surface at Boro

[Villafirst]

His gates are stuck....

[Dogtanian]

His gates are stuck....

haha.  Maybe the work permit was for someone to come over and oil them.

[baddowvillans]

Where's Doug?

[cdbearsfan]

Can we remove the "confirmed" from the thread title until he actually is, please?

[mr underhill]

good idea - I suppose if it doesn't come off it's another £15m towards someone else, now or in January

[themossman]

I’d still be surprised if it doesn’t happen. Pravda covering it etc.

[Toronto Villa]

If the club confirmed it why is it not confirmed?

[cdbearsfan]

Because it was only "confirmed" subject to a work permit and international clearance.

[Rudy Can't Fail]

Douglas Louise, is how it's said, apparently.

Cheers.

You can call him Mary-Jo if it makes you happy.

[pauliewalnuts]

No mention of him in any of DS's interviews, no sign of him in any training photos, nothing at all beyond his trainer saying he was over here yesterday - all that, plus his previous struggles to get a work permit is starting to worry me.

This, IMHO, is our best and most important signing this close season.