Anderlecht reject Onyekuru claims as striker looks for loan elsewhere

Then again, so did Mirallas...

What the hell is going on with such merry-go-rounds, with players signing then never playing or us? I have doubts over whether this guy ever will.

Too much money swilling round and too many dodgy deals like this – but heaven forbid anyone should question why, or dare to do something about it.

This game of ours is rotten to the core, and everyone turns a blind eye.

I assume the situation will be worse after Brexit as Europeans will have the same status as Henry and other non-Europeans, unless a whole new set of rules are drafted. Players like Kante, with no French caps playing in France, would not qualify for a work permit post Brexit under the current work permit rules.

It's a toss-up as to whether there's any truth in this. Were Anderlecht looking out for his health and welfare by not playing him or concerned that he might qualify for a permit and return to Everton next season if played and selected for the World Cup?

I would hope someone from the club was monitoring the lad's situation closely and we are able to make up our own minds as to whether he was deliberately under-used after recovering from his injury.

If he was held back, then his reaction isn't at all prima donna-ish.

I don't know if serious injury counts as extenuating circumstances but I guess the lawyers have already looked into that one.

Another cock-up to add to the Sandro, Klaassen list.

I wonder if Brands and the new manager will be allowed to stay after Brexit. Hopefully Brands improves the youth team massively in the next 12 months.

If the Everton luck (or lack of) has anything to do with it we'll be begging Sam and or Moyes to come back to sort us out.

I'll put it down to his agent, his frustration, self-confidence and a bit of lost in translation but, until his future is sorted, why disrespect the only opportunity currently available. Get new club, thank new club, then 'compare' clubs.

Football is a massive entertainment business surely pressure could be brought on our own government to allow non-European players to automatically be granted a temporary work permit as would be granted to entertainers from Russia like The Bolshoi Ballet. If drama queen Henry doesn't have Euro status, how come he can ply his trade at Anderlecht and whine about it so publicly?

Incidentally Steve Walsh whilst out of his depth as DOF made some good young signings. It's a bit disingenuous to say Klaassen was such a great failure when he was perhaps the least to blame for our painful last season because he was never given a fair shot of actually playing. I think Klaassen and Sandro may yet come good.

Last autumn, he defended his decision to move Henry from his preferred striker position to the wing by saying, “He was lost in that top position and did not know how to ask for the ball. That's why I sent him back to the flanks.” Then in December, right before the injury, he told a press conference that Henry "always let himself down."

Last week was the worst, when he insisted it wasn't Anderlecht's fault that Henry will miss the World Cup. "Everyone sees that he is not ready to play – he is afraid of the duels – and then I cannot pick him to please him. By the way, Henry still has a lot to prove with the national team. He was not a fixed value for his injury either, hey?"

Ouch.

Also, HLN reported Henry missed training last week as he was in talks with Borussia Monchengladbach, but Vanhaezebrouck implied Henry had falsely claimed to be sick.

I'd still love to see this kid play for us – he's an exciting talent with lighting pace – but I wouldn't be surprised to see him sold on for profit this summer.

I presume the UK has different work permit rules/laws to the rest of Europe despite Brexit not yet taking place, hence the issue with Henry joining a Belgian club and not EFC?

I knew I shouldn't have asked that question!

In the UK you need to wait five years before you can apply for UK citizenship, Belgium is 3 years. Henry has done 2. It was hoped he’d get a work permit and if not he’d get a passport next summer.

In terms of Work Permit rules, again member clubs set their own. Some countries make footballers eligible for a work permit automatically but then restrict the number of non-EU players. The UK, as always, has the some of the toughest rules.

The Premier League must be crapping themselves over what happens after Brexit.

You make a good point with regards to the Premier League after Brexit yet it's never a subject under discussion – at least not openly.

“There are offers from top clubs in Germany, Spain and in England but that depends on my work permit, we know how difficult that is.”