Signing a player without a work permit

So i've found myself a very promising young (19) Cameroonian playing in Egypt.

Problem is i cant get a work permit, although this is not entirely surprising there is no option to sign the player without the WP, which i know was in past versions of the game. I know one of the features touted for this years game was to apply for WP's for players at your club without offering a new contract, so surely i should be able to sign him without the wp

The only message i get in game is "player X proposed move to tottenham has been cancelled after the appeal for work permit was turned down"

Am i missing something obvious?

You can only sign a player without a WP if you have a feeder club you can send him on. Asking for WP's only covers players already at your club, unless the feature is not working as intended.

1) Set-up a feeder club in a country with looser WP laws (i.e. Germany or Netherlands)

2) Sign the Cameroon player on a contract without a WP

3) Loan him out to the feeder club for a few years

4) Bring him back to your club once he has played enough internationals to get a WP or has become an EU citizen

Thanks for the replies, looks like the lack of a feeder club is the reason

Now i just need to persuade Mr Levy to be nice for once!

If he's good enough to play for Cameroon (quite likely) you may find that they will cap him while sits in your reserves thus possibly enabling you to get him a permit when you offer him a new contract after 6-8 months. I had this happen when i signed Sime Vrsaljko for Liverpool in FM13. May happen, may not, just putting it out there.

But how can I sign a player with a no WP contract?

thx

You cannot, not unless you already have a feeder club you can send him too to gain his work permit.

You cannot, not unless you already have a feeder club you can send him too to gain his work permit.

ok, I asked my board...

but then... is there any definition on the contract?

I have a Belgium club (which normally suits most persons trying to get a WP) and a Spanish Club (for Contou countries) as affliates and yet my transfers still get rejected even though they could be loaned to the former, if not the latter