:crazy07: :crazy07:   :Permit granted according to official site

On the official website it says that Niculae has had his permit granted and should make his debut on Saturday against Motherwell!  :021: Fantastic news. 

Just read it and it's brilliant news. We should now put out a different blend on Saturday but Motherwell will be ready for us. As supporters it is great to have the chance to see a player of Marius's quality at the Caledonian Stadium - playing for us!!

Gramian news. Permit granted with immediate effect 

:clapping03:

And thanks ICT29 for notifying it first.

Excellent we can actually have a decnet striker upfront now.  :crazy07:

Thanks also to Ray Stewart, Pat Nevin, Ray Cormack and Fraser Wishart for seeing sense and puting Highland football in a stronger footing :clapping03: :021:

get in!!!!  :crazy07:

Quality :021:

now that niculae has his permit, does that mean that Rory McCallister might not play for the first team again??

Here's what we hope we can expect now that ICT have got him properly:

here

Some light at the end of the tunnel after all.

Lets hope he lives up to the billing as he will be under more scrutiny now after this hassle.

Supah ! :022:

Yaaaaaaaaahahahahahaaaaasssssssssssss!!!!!  :001:

Not the most flattering picture on the main page of this website  :015:

Remind anyone of the Goonies  :023:

Or this guy --->  :017:

EDIT: The picture has focused itself now, so it doesn't look quite as bad.

Woo Hoo  :021:

Looking forward to seeing him play now

Heres what he had to say from the official site if ye cannae access it:-

NICULAE WORK PERMIT GRANTED

            Marius Niculae, 28 times capped by Romania, has been told by an SFA

            tribunal that he is clear to play for Inverness Caledonian Thistle

            with immediate effect.

            The good news came today after a one-hour hearing at Hampden Stadium

            at which Marius himself answered questions and stressed his reason

            for coming to Scotland and Inverness is to win back his

            international place.

            The tribunal featured former Scotland internationals Ray Stewart,

            Pat Nevin and Peter Cormack plus Fraser Wishart of footballers union

            FIFPRO and two officials from the Home Office.

            Chairman Alan Savage said:"We felt we had a very good hearing but

            were told to go away and a decision would be notified within two

            hours. That was a very nail-biting period as we waited on the

            outcome.

            "But all our efforts have been worthwhile and Marius can be

            available for the Motherwell game on Saturday if selected.

            "Manager Charlie Christie spoke very well as we outlined the club's

            case that this was a player of proven quality who we could not

            source in Scotland. I felt Marius made a favourable impression, with

            his good command of English and his emphasis that he did not see

            Inverness as a short-term destination but one in which he could play

            well enough to wear Romania's colours again."

            Marius commented:"It was very nerve wracking but I'm thrilled to get

            the green light. I can now concentrate on doing my best for the

            club. I'm very grateful to all the supporters who have backed me. I

            hope to repay them with goals for Caley Thistle."

Cracking news!!!  Bring on Motherwell  :crazy07: :blah01:

Awesome news.

Here's hopeing his performances for Caley result in his recall to the Romanian National Team

Great News :021:

Now that this is settled let's hope CC gets his finger out to bring in a defender of similar quality :021:

We've got an imposter!! According to TeamTalk.com, this is what the real Marius Niculae looks like!

Either that, or its incredibly lazy journalism. It is the picture that goes along with the 'Caley gets green light for Niculae" tag line though...

I think that's Daniel Niculae who also plays for Romania.  Don't know if he's any relation though.

When all the discussion was ongoing about the signing of Niculae we had a few differing opinions on the situation.  I had thought we might have got one or two people posting that it would be some kind of "blessing in disguise" if he wasn't to get his permit but I was glad to be wrong in that regard and I think I am right in saying that every person regardless of their thoughts on us signing him initially was in support of the appeal.  :clapping03:

Despite the views of some that things like the petition are a waste of time it was good to see Niculae acknowledge the support the fans gave him.  As he said himself, he hopes to repay the support he received with goals - you can't buy that kind of incentive and here's to a very successful season for Niculae and ICTFC.  :021:

it was good to see Niculae acknowledge the support the fans gave him. 

With him having his own website and Deano acknowledging that the first thing he did when he heard of ICT's interest in him was to surf the net for info, seems we have a couple of new players not scared to embrace technology. Hopefully Marius can now have someone translate his site into English as I am sure none of us are that hot at Romanian even if the online translators do sometimes produce some humorous results !!!