Ricardo Fuller has returned to Southampton while the club await the outcome of an application for a work permit for the Jamaican striker. Town were informed on Friday that the frontman's current work permit allows him to play for the Saints but no other club.

Chief executive Derek Bowden told the club site: "Ricardo has gone back to Southampton for now but we have applied for a work permit.

"We are now waiting to hear when Work Permits UK will sit in judgment on the application.

"We are not sure if that will be immediately or not. It's just a case of waiting for them now and taking it from there, but the application has gone in."

Fuller watched from the stands as the Blues lost 1-0 at Wolves on Saturday.

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