UD Salamanca presented Arsenal loanee Samuel Galindo at their El Helmántico stadium this afternoon. The Bolivian midfielder only completed his move to the Gunners in July, but after failing to win a work permit, he has been loaned to the Spanish Segunda outfit for the season.
Galindo agreed on the loan move over a month ago but problems getting the correct paper work to gain a Spanish visa have held up the official signing. Samuel flew into Salamanca yesterday and was presented to the media at lunch time. He will wear the number 16 shirt for the new campaign.
The youngster, who has been compared to Inter Milan midfielder Thiago Motta by Spanish football opinionista Marcos Lopez, was quizzed by the media after posing for pictures. Samuel began by admitting his relief now the transfer had finally gone through;
“It’s been very hard work with all the issues with the paperwork. It is difficult for a player out of South America because there are many bureaucratic problems. It took a lot but I’m here. Now I’m really looking forward to working with all my new team-mates.”
Galindo now faces a prolonged spell in Spain as he bids to gain the criteria needed for an E.U visa, meaning he can finally move to Arsenal. When asked about the Gunners, the rangy midfielder gave a determined response;
“Arsenal? it is a dream. The truth is that I didn’t expect it. When they announced their interest, it really touched me. Now it is a reality and I have to prove they made the right decision to sign me.”
Samuel’s father confirmed last month that if the player can earn enough international caps, he would win a work permit outright by early next year.
How long is he going to be loaned out?
36 months (3 years) if he doesnt qualify for work permit sooner
he can come as early as this January if he remains a full time regular for his National team….
If the wee lad picks up a bad injury and delays his long awaited arrival, we will have another peice of proof for the suspected curse on our illustrious club. BEWARE!!!
People of Spanish heritage can usually qualify for Spanish citizenship after only 2 years of residence in Spain, but like it has been said, hopefully he will get enough caps for Bolivia to qualify earlier.
Thanx J for the wonderful news that he will come early.. All The Best to him for his spell with Salamanca and hope He is a regular for the Bolivian National team….
So lets hope he gets the permits soon.Our future midfield looks really great (Wilshere,Ramsey,Lansbury,Frimpong,Aneke,Eastmond and now Galindo
How many caps does he have and how many more will he need?
Btw this goes back a long way, but remember when arsene said we had two kids technically perfect, i thought he meant aneke and afobe, but i heard he was talking about aneke and someone called Alban Bunjaku, has anyone seen him play?
I believe he needs to play in 70% of full international matches over two years.
It was Aneke and Afobe. You were right originally.
J… Just noticed that u still have Fran 32’s top in the bottom left corner – player profile section – any hidden message there? ;)
How come it’s so much harder to get from South America into the UK than into Spain? Doesn’t UK follow the same EU regulatives as the rest of the EU or is it Spain that is different?
I think it’s quite easy for someone from a former Spanish colony like Mexico or Bolivia to get a work permit in Spain provided a club wants to employ them.
In England they didn’t know how to objectively judge whether a player was good enough for a work permit so they came up with this idea that if a player plays for his national team, then he is considered good enough to get a work permit.
Obviously this doesn’t make too much sense when Arsenal can’t sign a good player from South America or Africa because he doesn’t have the caps, but any English team can get a work permit for a mediocre player from poor footballing nation if he does regularly represent his country.
South America was one of the few parts of the World the murdering English didn’t colonize as much as the rest of the Continent you see.
It”s not an E.U. visa, it’s an E.U. passport, in the form of a Spanish passport.
how old is he?
hope he gets a permit soon and not in 3 years like pedro and vela
and in other news Merida won the Super Cup with atletico in his 1st match
OMG anova youngsta, we need a gk wenga!!!!
Sorry, couldn’t resist. ; )
According to wikipedia, Galindo only has the one cap so far for Bolivia. If he needs to have played 70% of internationals in the past 2 years to earn his work permit, it will take a while yet. Six months doesn’t sound realistic to me.
thsi is a site for youngsters..
go to Arsenal.com and complain
wrenny if he plays in the next few internationals for Boliva he could be granted a special talent work permit, the caps would be proof of his special talent
I’ll take your word for it eduardo, and I hope you’re right. I think the sooner we get to bring in great talents like Galindo and Wellington into England the better. Learning the language, playing ‘the Arsenal way’ etc., takes time.
I do believe Vela could have been further along in his development had he come to Arsenal earlier.
I saw videos of gallindo play what catches me is that he has really good vision he’s tall and he looks pysically strong
how many national caps ha he got to date?
According to his wikipedia Hiro he only has 1 cap
Offtopic but does anyone know who the hell Alban Bunjaku is? His name popped up in this old article last year http://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/2009/08/23/bunjaku-stars-as-arsenal-u-16s-annihalate-blades/
Any news on who he is? and how good he is?
“A highly-technical and skilful left-winger, Alban will be hoping to make a significant impact in the Premier Academy League this season having worked arduously to earn a scholarship last campaign.
Born in Romford but possessing Albanian heritage, Alban has steadily worked his way up through the ranks at the club’s Hale End Academy, which he joined at the age of eight.
He was a key player for Steve Gatting’s under-16 side last season, scoring several decisive goals and creating many more with his sublime passes and pinpoint crosses. One of the few Arsenal players to impress in the under-16 Ferroli tournament in Italy, Alban also made his under-18 debut last campaign, replacing Nigel Neita in the 4-2 defeat to Reading.
Although injury hampered his pre-season, Alban will be looking to challenge Jernade Meade for a starting berth in Steve Bould’s side this campaign.”
http://arsenalyouth.wordpress.com/first-years/alban-bunjaku/
left winger, 16 years old I think
JS whats happening with henri lansbury is he going to swansea? I heard hes got an injury.
Also heard Wenger wanted to keep kyle bartley but bartley wanted to go on Loan.
Any news on Havard nordtveit will he stay or go will he be used as a back up right back?
my cousin is going out with henri lansbury, believe me or not but its up to you, leeds/newcastle/ notts forest and swansea are after him, wenger has told him he has to go on loan
Don’t think the 70% rule applies to some “exceptional talents” with regards to full-capped U21 players – really don’t know the criteria applied to define exceptional talent but it was applied as recently as the Javier Hernandez transfer, he didn’t hit the criteria for full caps.
Galindo sort of reminds me of Sergio Busquets.
thats concerning if he reminds you of busquets.
why is that concerning?
I dislike the E.U – it is now even interfering with allowing our youngsters to play for us.
It’s not the EU, it’s British rules that are keeping him out. If it was the EU he wouldn’t be able to play in Spain would he now? The EU will in fact be what lets him in.
what do you think the first choice centre backs wil be
kolcielny-vermaelin
or
squillaci-vermaelin
i am not to sure about this squillaci signing, it will just put djourou, nordtveit and bartley(next year) down the order and i think those three are ready for first team football. i know last year wasn’t a good example with arsenal, man u and chelsea to some extent having their centre backs injured but in other years, clubs can go a whole season with out having their centrebacks injured.
Most centerbacks should not be starting tell like 22 or 23. They need to gain experience on loan or you will just see them like Senderous was…making mistakes in huge games and the fans jumping down their throats.
yeh….nooo….yeh….
It will be hard to find a team who has as many talented midfielders as we have
Its amazing. Short for me at the holding role but still.
I mean going from first team to the youth side
You are right!
1 Fabregas (23)
2 Diaby (24)
3 Nasri (23)
4 Rosicky (29)
5 Denilson (22)
6 Wilshere (18)
7 Ramsey (19)
8 Aneke (17)
9 Ozyakup (18)
10 Lansbury (20)
11 Henderson (18)
12 Galindo (18)
13 Ebecilio (17)
and JET (19) – who can play attacking mid just as easily as striker
D-Mids
1 Song (23)
F2 rimpong (18)
3 Eastmond (19)
4 Yennaris (18)
5 Coquelin (18)