Jake Hollman has struggled for minutes since joining Walsall in the summer. The club are exploring options of a loan switch abroad, but work permit rules mean it's not proving to be quite as straightforward.
00:00Hi Sadler's fans. Just a few words on Jake Holman. So I've kind of collected a few quotes from Matt Sadler over the past couple of press conferences, just discussing really where his minutes are going to come from.
00:16He's played just 200 minutes across the six appearances in all competitions since arriving from the Australian League on a free transfer from MacArthur FC and played 45 minutes from the bench in the 1-0 defeat against Northampton Town in the EFL Trophy last week and really flattered to deceive.
00:39So, yeah, when I posed the question to Matt Sadler, he did say that, you know, in terms of his ESC work permit, which is an elite significant contribution work permit, it prevents him from joining English clubs on loan.
00:54However, there is scope for him to move abroad on a temporary deal. So that would also be a loan deal.
01:02And Matt Sadler is still not quite clear on sort of what the possibilities of that are.
01:11They said there's still a number of grey areas and that he's spoken to Ben Sadler to just try and get a little bit more information on that.
01:19So, you know, at the moment, the picture isn't all that clear, but there is a possibility, you know, that Walsall will be looking to get him minutes because, you know, you look at the league squad at the moment and clearly he's, you know, completely out of the picture.
01:35You've got Charlie Lakin, Jamie Jealous, Courtney Clarke, Ryan Finnegan, even Jida Kike, who came in and hasn't had a lot of game time himself.
01:43But, you know, wing back by trade, you've then got Rico Richards as well.
01:48So in terms of those midfield positions, it just seems impossible, really, to see where he will get any minutes in the league.
01:55And the EFL trophy and possibly the early rounds of the FA Cup are really the only games that you could see him possibly playing any part in whatsoever.
02:05So, yeah, in terms of that, you know, Matt Sadler's words were to watch this space.
02:11So, yeah, that's kind of the latest really on Jake Holman, who's had a difficult start to life in England.
Be the first to comment