Official Site: AGYEPONG SIGNS HIBERNIAN LOAN DEAL

**RSS Bot** · 08-08-2018 08:10 AM

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***Vault Boy*** · 08-08-2018 08:11 AM

Welcome to Hibs, Tom.

***Dalianwanda*** · 08-08-2018 08:11 AM

Welcome aboard Tam GGTTH

**Scottie** · 08-08-2018 08:12 AM

Welcome to Hibs Thomas are you fit or on the treatment table today ?

**GreenCastle** · 08-08-2018 08:12 AM

Welcome !

Excited to see him play and the speed he will add to the team !

**Sir David Gray** · 08-08-2018 08:12 AM

Welcome aboard.

**Greenbeard** · 08-08-2018 08:12 AM

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Braw but still no visa though?

**KDY Hibs** · 08-08-2018 08:13 AM

Happy days!!

**Bob Box Fish** · 08-08-2018 08:14 AM

Welcome to Edinburgh’s finest.

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**Big_Franck** · 08-08-2018 08:21 AM

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Braw but still no visa though?

Would have been useful to have him on the bench tomorrow but doesn't look like that will happen. Not sure why the visa is taking quite so long.

**ryantaylor** · 08-08-2018 08:21 AM

We’ve definitely kept this waiting to see if BB signed on the dotted line first. Anyway here’s to another fantastic season.

**Greenbeard** · 08-08-2018 08:27 AM

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Would have been useful to have him on the bench tomorrow but doesn't look like that will happen. Not sure why the visa is taking quite so long.

If he is on loan presumably he is still officially contracted to and an employee of Man City so you'd think his existing work permit would still apply. Or is it deemed to be a new employment therefore a new application?

***CapitalGreen*** · 08-08-2018 08:29 AM

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If he is on loan presumably he is still officially contracted to and an employee of Man City so you'd think his existing work permit would still apply. Or is it deemed to be a new employment therefore a new application?

He's never had a UK work permit as he has never worked in the UK.

***Jim44*** · 08-08-2018 08:31 AM

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Would have been useful to have him on the bench tomorrow but doesn't look like that will happen. Not sure why the visa is taking quite so long.

It’s probably lying in an ‘in’ tray or Email inbox, waiting for some clerk getting round to dealing with it.

***Hibbyradge*** · 08-08-2018 08:31 AM

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If he is on loan presumably he is still officially contracted to and an employee of Man City so you'd think his existing work permit would still apply. Or is it deemed to be a new employment therefore a new application?

Yes

It'll be a working visa.

**Paisley Hibby** · 08-08-2018 08:33 AM

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We’ve definitely kept this waiting to see if BB signed on the dotted line first. Anyway here’s to another fantastic season.

Doubt it. Lennon said he was signing ages ago...

**ryantaylor** · 08-08-2018 08:34 AM

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Doubt it. Lennon said he was signing ages ago...

When we found out there may have been a possibility of Barker back it’s stalled this deal

**Mitch9** · 08-08-2018 08:38 AM

Welcome Thomas. Hope you have a good injury free season! Looking forward to seeing you and Boyle doing an overlap lol

good luck

***Hibbyradge*** · 08-08-2018 08:46 AM

It's not like Hibs to announce a signing until all the paperwork has been completed.

I think there's every chance that they were holding off in case Barker came back.

**~~The_Horde~~** · 08-08-2018 08:47 AM

I blame brexit.

Could be that we're announcing it today as the English deadline is tomorrow?

**Greenbeard** · 08-08-2018 08:54 AM

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He's never had a UK work permit as he has never worked in the UK.

???? So how come he's contracted to Man City? If he is non-EU then he needs a work permit and would qualify for one as an internationalist.

**Big_Franck** · 08-08-2018 08:57 AM

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I blame brexit.

Could be that we're announcing it today as the English deadline is tomorrow?

I think it's been agreed for a while and we were holding off on an announcement until the visa was complete. I think we've announced it today to lift anyone that might have been disappointed with the news about Barker last night.

***allmodcons*** · 08-08-2018 09:02 AM

Am I missing something here? How long have we loaned him for?

***CapitalGreen*** · 08-08-2018 09:07 AM

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???? So how come he's contracted to Man City? If he is non-EU then he needs a work permit and would qualify for one as an internationalist.

He's never played for Man City in the UK though, spent his whole time there on loan in the Netherlands. He has also only gained one cap for Ghana, in order to automatically qualify to play in the UK, football players need to have played in at least 75% of their country’s senior international matches over the previous two years.

**Austinho** · 08-08-2018 09:10 AM

Assume he can’t even train with us if he doesn’t have a visa yet.

**SirDavidsNapper** · 08-08-2018 09:12 AM

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It's not like Hibs to announce a signing until all the paperwork has been completed.

I think there's every chance that they were holding off in case Barker came back.

Thought the same thing

**davhibby** · 08-08-2018 09:21 AM

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It's not like Hibs to announce a signing until all the paperwork has been completed.

I think there's every chance that they were holding off in case Barker came back.

I think we announced him now as all you had to do was look at our squad registered for the game on Thursday with Uefa and he's in there, so people already knew he had signed.

**Greenbeard** · 08-08-2018 09:24 AM

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He's never played for Man City in the UK though, spent his whole time there on loan in the Netherlands. He has also only gained one cap for Ghana, in order to automatically qualify to play in the UK, football players need to have played in at least 75% of their country’s senior international matches over the previous two years.

A potential issue then if he does not qualify automatically? I think you can claim for dispensation if you can demo that you will "make a difference" to the game but that needs an SFA panel to approve. That maybe could be the cause of the delay. But surely Hibs would not announce unless very confident that it is a formality.