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Football: Jamaican set to Stoke up the Premiership fires
LONDON, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Jamaica international midfielder Rudolph Austin is set to join Premiership newboys Stoke City for just over a million pounds from Jamaican Championship side Portmore United.
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The 22-year-old has been a long term target for the club even before their promotion but was not able to get a work permit because he had not made the requisite number of appearances for his country.
However, another stricture for getting a work permit is that the player's country of origin must be in the top 70 in the world rankings which Jamaica is not.
"It wasn't a straight forward negotiation with Portmore because we had some competition," chief executive Tony Scholes told BBC Radio Stoke.
"We've done the deal to sign him. We now need to get the work permit."
Stoke manager Tony Pulis is a great admirer of Austin's.
"He's got everything in his locker," said Pulis last month.
LONDON, July 14, 2008 (AFP) - Jamaica international midfielder Rudolph Austin is set to join Premiership newboys Stoke City for just over a million pounds from Jamaican Championship side Portmore United.
ADVERTISEMENT
The 22-year-old has been a long term target for the club even before their promotion but was not able to get a work permit because he had not made the requisite number of appearances for his country.
However, another stricture for getting a work permit is that the player's country of origin must be in the top 70 in the world rankings which Jamaica is not.
"It wasn't a straight forward negotiation with Portmore because we had some competition," chief executive Tony Scholes told BBC Radio Stoke.
"We've done the deal to sign him. We now need to get the work permit."
Stoke manager Tony Pulis is a great admirer of Austin's.
"He's got everything in his locker," said Pulis last month.
Paul Marin -19 is one thing, 20 is a whole other matter. It gets even worse if they win the UCL. *groan*. 
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I rubber stamp the Prof. in his work on football in Ja. Tappa is Ja's greatest player to date. Brasil is the best football team on the planet. Robinho the King is the best right now.
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