Pereira has been tying to get dual citizenship which would class him as an EU national but he didn’t have dual citizenship when he joined Nürnberg last summer. Therefore, he’d have needed to get a residence visa to be in Germany for over 90 days. That would have needed a passport.
This whole passport thing is just strange to me, if it is indeed true. He clearly has a Brazilian passport so why not use that to come here. All I can think of is he has been granted dual citizenship and wants to enter the U.K. as a dual citizen.
Anyway, I’ve talked about Pereira as a player a few weeks ago but never spoke of him positionally. Last season at Nürnberg, he was used as a right winger 8 times and left winger 5 times. During his career he has played right wing 13 more times than left wing.
For us though, I imagine we’ll sign him to play on the left wing because that’s where we’re lacking right now and because we have Phillips and Leko on the right side. His ability to play on both sides means he’ll really push Phillips and Edwards to play at their best right from the start.
This whole passport thing is just strange to me, if it is indeed true. He clearly has a Brazilian passport so why not use that to come here. All I can think of is he has been granted dual citizenship and wants to enter the U.K. as a dual citizen.
Anyway, I’ve talked about Pereira as a player a few weeks ago but never spoke of him positionally. Last season at Nürnberg, he was used as a right winger 8 times and left winger 5 times. During his career he has played right wing 13 more times than left wing.
For us though, I imagine we’ll sign him to play on the left wing because that’s where we’re lacking right now and because we have Phillips and Leko on the right side. His ability to play on both sides means he’ll really push Phillips and Edwards to play at their best right from the start.