Brian Madjo

[Percy McCarthy]

Kellyman went for £20m and now he's playing in the Championship.

League One isn’t it? Cardiff?

[Skipper_The_Eyechild]

Wasn't Kellyman more to do with creative accounting with other deals and therefore not really worth 20 million, though? I can't remember exactly what, I just remember some outsiders moaning about rule bending.

[Luffbralion]

Wasn't Kellyman more to do with creative accounting with other deals and therefore not really worth 20 million, though? I can't remember exactly what, I just remember some outsiders moaning about rule bending.

Wasn't that the time when we sold Kellyman for £20 million but also bought Maatsen for £35 million from Chelsea?

[eamonn]

Yes, it was.

[eamonn]

Re Madjo, can we loan him back to Metz/another club for the rest of 2026? In fact, do we have partner/feeder clubs other than Real Unión? I assume that level would be too low for him.

[Drummond]

I guess if we can't register him we can't loan him either?

[cdbearsfan]

We could loan him anywhere in the EU, I think.

[Somniloquism]

I guess if we can't register him we can't loan him either?

Registration just means we can't play him in any games. As CD mentions, a loan in Europe is the only option assuming we don't appeal the decision based on where he was born.

[Villafirst]

I feel sorry for Brian Madjo. Not a great start to his Villa career with this registration issue. I must admit I'd not heard of this rule........nor had our recruitment team! Crazy if he has to wait until January 2027!