Extending contracts of players that don't qualify for work permits

Went a bit crazy when I finally got a work permit feeder club and started buying loads of young Non-EU players.

Unfortunately 3 of the players I signed are on contracts that are shorter than the period required for them to qualify for Polish nationality.

I've tried to re-new their contracts, but I can't as they don't qualify for work permits!!

Anything I can do or will I just have to sell them?

Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas.

Either sit tight and hope you can give them a contract later on (they may improve enough to be considered for a WP or gain international experience) or sell them.

A lesson learned I guess. Be a bit more careful when signing non EU players

Pretty much what I thought, one of them is only 18 and already has 2 caps for Croatia, so I might give him a little longer and sell the other 2.

Cheers

Why is it that you can sign a player with the intention of loaning him out to a work permit club, but you can't extend a contract with the intention of loaning him out to a work permit club?

One of the disappointments in FM08. It almost negates the advantage of using feeder clubs for work permits for me since i can offer at the most just three year contract for any youngster from South America or Africa (i think )

Its an old bug. Reported in FM07 already but never fixed.

(i assume it not illegal in real life to extend their contracts)