Work Permit Problem

So just a small question. I am inn my 3rd year in the Championship and its now the summer transfer window. A good young (22) Turkish Left back who I had been scouting for awhile left his team in the German 2nd division. He was still only Turkish nationality but he had played 7 times for the U21 Turkish side and I thought he would probably get a call up to the senior side if he progressed a little further.

So anyways I offered him a contract and he accepts. Well of course he then fails the work permit and also the appeal which made me a bit angry as I didn't have a foreign club to loan him out to so he could get EU citizenship. Nothing could be done I thought...then two weeks later a news bit pops up that Carlisle in L2 signed him for half the money I did and he got a work permit.

Now what I don't understand is how he can get a WP for a club in L2 but fail to get one for the Championship. Doesn't matter in the long run as I signed a wonderful Italian U21 and he has been fantastic for me. Just wondering why this would happen.

Please raise this in the bugs forum, thanks.

From anecdotal evidence, it seems like the proposed squad status plays a part in this. I've generally had better luck with first team and key player contract offers than the rest. That being said, there seems to be a random component to it along with the rest (potential, caps, etc).