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!

[andyh]

All we have to do is let him train with the first team.
He’ll get crocked, pick up a long term injury and fit in very nicely until January next year.

[Somniloquism]

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!

I suggest they had, just hadn't thought it would be an issue being as he was born in this country and spent some time here. Obviously FIFA/UEFA disagreed. Of course if Brexit hadn't happened then it also wouldn't have been an issue so thanks again to the people on here who voted for it. All these wins.......

[ROBBO]

The club should have known before buying him. Amateurs.

[Somniloquism]

Well it hasn't been a good start for Olabe this transfer, but again the club/player/agent knew he was born in this country so probably believed it wouldn't be an issue. FIFA/UEFA decided that wasn't enough. I seem to remember a signing back in the bad Lerner days which should have gone through but was blocked because "the totally impartial at the time" Sunderland person was on a panel to vote against it. It happens.

Of course if the story comes out that they hadn't even realised it was a thing outside of the EU, then yes amateurs.

[eamonn]

Kalinic, the Croatian goalie, wasn't it? When we finally signed him he was shite.

[Dave]

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!

I suggest they had, just hadn't thought it would be an issue being as he was born in this country and spent some time here. Obviously FIFA/UEFA disagreed. Of course if Brexit hadn't happened then it also wouldn't have been an issue so thanks again to the people on here who voted for it. All these wins.......

I'm not sure that knowing about the rule and thinking it didn't apply, paints them in a better light than not knowing about it:

https://www.thefa.com/-/media/files/thefaportal/governance-docs/registrations/fifa-article-19---feb-2024.ashx

"International transfers of players are only permitted if the player is over the age of 18". There are five exceptions:

Parents moving to that country for non-footballing reasons
Moving to another EEA country
Moving to another club in a different country within 50km of your current home
Moving as a former / current refugee
Moving temporarily for study / educational exchange reasons

None of which apply to Madjo, so there isn't really any reason to think that it would be permitted.