Currently we only own 65% of him. We get the other 35% in Jan. He's played a fair bit in the pre season games for the reserves.
We should actually see him straight away unlike 3 years after he signed that we did with Vela
well there's no guarantee he'll get a work permit, it's notoriously hard for Brazilians as the standard of the national team is so high; to qualify automatically for a permit they need to have played in something like 75% of the national team's games in the year, which is obviously completely unrealistic for an unknown kid.
Instead you rely on making an appeal and proving to a panel of immigration officers that the player is a 'special talent' - the precise definition of which I am unsure on, but it is subjective and can go either way unfortunately. You're relying on him getting references from respected coaches and maybe even a demonstration of his skill, I don't know.
edit: ah yes, I checked, you have to demonstrate that the player is "able to contribute significantly to the development of the game at the top level in the UK." God knows how, lol
This was the problem with Vela - he hadn't featured heavily for Mexico at that point, and we didn't manage to prove he was a 'special talent', so we had to loan him to Spanish clubs for the first few years where it is easier for South American players to get permits.