Reggie Lambe
Fringe members of Roy Keane’s squad including Lambe are being lined up for loans ahead of the transfer window opening in January. Chief executive Simon Clegg says he hopes to secure their moves before Christmas so he, Keane and club owner Marcus Evans can concentrate on negotiating permanent deals once the window is open.
As www.islandstats.com was the first to report locally, Keane gave Lambe permission to play in the Christmas Friendly matches for the Bermuda Under 23 National Team against Trinidad.
Clegg says the trio has already talked about their January plans: “We’ve had discussions about what may or may not happen, but it’s still early days.
Youngsters such as Ed Upson, Lambe and Ronan Murray could all be targeted by lower league clubs.
Bermuda Ranked 9th in CFU
Jamaica suffered a seven-place drop in the FIFA rankings, but retain the No.1 spot in the Caribbean Football Union (CFU) rankings over Trinidad and Tobago.
The Jamaicans, dominant in the CFU ratings over the past 12 months, are 81st on the FIFA Coca-Cola year-ending December list, marginally ahead of T&T, who are 82nd after slipping one place from their November position.
Neither team had an international match in the period for the latest ranking adjustments.
Bermuda are ranked 142nd in the world and 9th in CFU. Bermuda have moved up three places from their September CFU Ranking of 12th place.
The drop, from No.74 in November, is uncomfortable for Jamaica since it takes them outside of the world's top 75, which qualifies a country to have its players eligible to acquire work permits for overseas contracts.
Because of work permit restrictions for players from countries ranked outside FIFA's top 75, most Caribbean countries have had the prospects of talented players stifled.
Jamaica, with a year-best ranking of 64th in February, held the CFU's top spot throughout the year barring June and September when T&T were No.1.
All leading CFU teams declined on FIFA's December ratings with the region's No.3 Haiti falling five places to 90th and fourth-ranked Cuba plunging 23 places to 119th in the world.
The region's fifth-rated Guyana fell 10 places to 127th in the world, and Barbados, down 14 places to 129th, are sixth in the CFU.
Antigua and Barbuda slid seven places in the world to 130th but moved up from eighth to seventh in the CFU with Grenada slipping from fourth to eighth.
The Grenadians, who had climbed as high as No.88 (in July) on the FIFA world list this year following their runner-up finish — to Jamaica — in the Digicel Caribbean Championship a year ago, suffered the world's biggest fall this month, tumbling 35 places to No.138.
Suriname (144th) complete the CFU's top 10.
The USA - rated 14th in the world — are CONCACAF's No.1 team for the 15th month in a row ahead of Gold Cup champions Mexico, who are 17th on the FIFA list, followed by Honduras (37th).
Costa Rica (44th) are fourth in CONCACAF, followed by Canada (56th) with Panama (70th) sixth and El Salvador (78th) seventh.
Jamaica, T&T and Haiti complete CONCACAF's top 10.
FIFA's Team of the Year Spain retain the world's No.1 spot on FIFA's list ahead of Brazil in a top 10 that remains unchanged from last month.
The Netherlands are third, followed by Italy, Portugal, and Germany with France seventh and Argentina eighth, with England ninth and Croatia 10th.
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