Transfer: Super Eagles Star Faces Registration Issues In Spain

Transfer: Super Eagles Star Faces Registration Issues In Spain

Ibrahim Lateef

Super Eagles midfielder Christantus Uche faces being out of first-team football in the Spanish LaLiga if his loan deal is terminated by Crystal Palace in the January transfer window, reports BSNSports.com.ng.

Getafe were keen to finalise an order to register some of their new signings this summer, within their salary limit caps.

Using some of the anticipated money that Uche’s deal brought in, La Liga permitted Getafe to register six players with it on deadline day.

Were that €20m fee to exit their accounts, they would have a significant problem in both accounting and salary limit terms.

Uche joined FA Cup-winners Crystal Palace on loan with an option to buy for €20m, which would become an obligation to buy if he made ten starts in the Premier League.

It was an objective that most felt was a certainty at the time the move was made. However, so far, Uche has not started a single game under Oliver Glasner after the opening 11 games.

There have been reports in England, as per Diario AS, that Palace are considering either deliberately not using him for those ten games, or even ending his loan early in the January transfer window.

However as added by MD, due to La Liga registration laws, Uche would not be able to return to Getafe were that to be the case, as no player can be registered for the same team twice in the same season.

Hence, if the loan were to be ended, it would not even help Getafe on the pitch. Los Azulones are keen to leave Uche at Palace for the second half of the season in the hope things turn around.