Right, whats 'meant' to happen is:-
1. You get the player who dosnt have a work permit.
2. You ship him out for the season (or two) to your sister club (right click his name and say move to affiliate - think I have the name right)
3. When he comes back after a year you have to offer him a new contract (if you remember this is what Man U have done in the real world with this Dong bloke - except they didnt have to resign him)
4. It should go through the mess like your trying to sign him again and then say he has been granted a temp permitt.
The thing is that the above just dosnt work so there isnt much point in trying until hopefully they relase its fix in the new patch at the end of Jan/Feb.
The thing that I wonder about is that it comes up after a while saying that people like Nelson and Mokoena (Our Axe not Lebhong) have been living in England for 5 years and are now English citizens. If this is correct then no work permitt should be needed. I had Lebhong for this long and it didnt say that.
Oh well, there are better players in the game its just for the past 3 footmans (or champman) I have gone for him and Adu at the start of every game - just a reaction. I would let him rest Blueboy - the pain isnt worth it (especially when you dont have allot of cash to spend with Rovers in the first place)