Defensive Midfielder--don't know much more Being reported on other sites that he is with the squad this week http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radamés_Martins_Rodrigues_da_Silva
Interesting dont want to be on a downer but not all Brazilians are world beaters, but i shall hang on with baited breath and hope he's a goodun, i do trust uncle buck's judgement though
Bit random...Unless he holds a European passport, can't see him getting a work permit. Doesn't look like he's had an amazing career to date either...but as you said, in Brendan we trust
Looked at work permit rules lately and you need to be an international and have played 70% of the last international games or so, so this looks unlikely.
I don't think they'd be giving him a trial if there wasn't any possibility of him being allowed to play here.
Maybe he's just training with us...he's currently without a club and perhaps he knows someone in the club and is just keeping fit. You hear of that sort of thing from time to time...I have to say I don't actually believe he's here at all...sorry alswan
He is trainign with the Swans (it's on the official site), as well as a German keeper named Stuckmann who's played second division in Germany. Not fussed with either tbh but they might be good signings. History shows how few trialists get a deal though.
Found another video of him and i reckon he'll do a great job especially with his movement and looks good in the away strip to. [video=youtube;H6yCgtehwUE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6yCgtehwUE[/video]
Both expected to play a part in the friendlies this weekend As for the work permit issues,lots of problems can be solved by a Brazilian carrying a Portugese passport Who knows...?
The keeper mentioned above is Thorsten Stuckmann born March 17, 1981 6'6 tall and played 2nd div in Germany As stated earlier very few trials lead to deals but he will be playing tomorrow
We'll just have to see, Brendan wouldn't take anyone on trial if he didn't believe they were good enough or that they could get a work permit!
We've taken all sorts on trial before (even had Kuqi's brother at one point), most of them simply don't impress enough but sometimes it's actually useful having the extra bodies in training anyway, the extra keeper especially mean they can run two small sides games side by side with Moreira, Yves, Dai and this guy. Sometimes they can impress though. The Brazilian guy needs a passport/work permit to actually play in a firendly I believe so if he does appear that answers that question.
Yankee From what I've read Yves has yet to be offered a contract but I believe he is still with the squad Not sure when his contract runs out or if it already has
Ok then, to clarify both Stuckmann and Radames are on trial with us and are in the separate squads for the two friendlies tomorrow at Neath and Port Talbot. As said though, I don't think either will be signed as they just don't seem at a Premiership level. we'll see what they do tomorrow though, eh?
