Leicester City still hope to bring 6ft 2" Chinese striker Zhang Yuning to Leicester until the end of the season.

The application for a work permit for Zhang was rejected because he alledgedly does not fulfil strict criteria of having appeared in 75% of recent Chinese internationals.

Dave Bassett will be going along to a special appeal in Sheffield on friday to argue the case for Zhang's permit and submit written testomonies and show videos of the lanky striker in action.

Bassett said on the official site earlier this week:

"We're hopeful that we will be successful. Yuning is China's number one striker and he will be playing for them in the World Cup Finals next season."

And signing him to Leicester will mean whopping great sales of Leicester shirts over in a huge untapped market!City could pay for him ten times over on merchandise sales in China if all goes to plan. And he may score some goals for us. That would be novel...

Whilst FFS can understand that the rules have to be applied fairly, it's barking mad that someone cannot be allowed a work permit just because they haven't played enough games for their national side. He will be fully employed here, and paying a bloody great chunk of tax here. Who made these stupid immigration rules up and aint it about time they were changed?

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