Jamaica keeper Donovan Ricketts may have played his last game for Bradford City after immigration officials blocked his return to the UK.

Ricketts, whose contract is up at the end of the season, is stuck in his native Jamaica after he was stopped at Heathrow Airport after returning with Omar Daley from international duty.

An official noticed that, although he had a valid passport and work permit, Ricketts had not got the necessary stamp in his documentation to meet UK employment laws.

The 30-year-old was promptly refused entry and put back on a plane to New York, where he hoped to get the passport stamped at the British Embassy.

But because Ricketts had not completed the paperwork within the six-month deadline of the work permit being issued, it is invalid.

"We tried everything we could to get Donovan back in but rules are rules," City boss Stuart McCall told the club website.

"I like the fella and I'm disappointed that he's back in Jamaica. I would love him to get back but the longer things go on, it doesn't look good."

The Bantams could have applied for a new work permit but that would have been turned down because his contract is up in three months; Jamaica are outside FIFA's top 70, and he is no longer the club's first-choice goalkeeper.

Ricketts, who is one of the highest earners in the squad, is also in breach of his contract if he is unable to turn up to work for training.

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