Villa target Guzan hoping to secure work permit next week

13 April 2012

Guzan: Hoping to move to Villa Park

will learn next week whether United States goalkeeper Brad Guzan can have the work permit he needs to play in the Premier League.

Villa agreed this month to sign the 23-year-old Guzan from Chivas USA, and a hearing to decide whether he can have a permit has been scheduled for August 1.

'It should really have been yesterday but it was postponed for one reason or another,' Villa manager Martin O'Neill said.

The formality thwarted a deal in January, but Guzan has played more international football since then, improving his chances of joining the midlands outfit  this time.

'We're hoping that having come so close in January we can get the work permit this time around,' O'Neill said.

'All told I think his position has improved, so fingers crossed that might help - but who knows?'



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