I am disappointed, firstly because it would have been nice to have seen what he is capable of and secondly, for less footballing reasons, having the golden boy of Middle-Eastern football could have opened up the largly untapped commercial market in that area.
I can sort of understand the reasons for not allowing the work permit because Kuwait are not in the top 70 ranked sides but on the flip side if players from these countries are not allowed to play against better players in better leagues they will never progress.