Not necessarily. He could have applied for a visa in his spare time.

It'll be settled "by the weekend" - I thought that was the one bit of info we'd actually got from the owners?

And WWI will be over by Christmas

Christmas is in the future and the way its going...we won't have much of one!

Speaking with the North-West Evening Mail, Barrow coach Paul Crarey has been left frustrated after the club initially thought it would only take two days to obtain visas for the relevant players.

Barrow Chairman, David Sharpe – "Paul, we've got this game against Toronto coming up in a few months time. Toronto in Canada. I think we might need visas"

Paul Crarey – "Yeah, I think I remember reading about something like in a letter from the RFL. Said it takes a couple of days, or whatever. We'll look into it the week of the game. OK?"

David Sharpe – "OK, Paul. That sounds fine."