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I have been answering a lot these questions today, so thought this may interest some of you...
What does Brexit vote mean for the Premier League?
- For the next two years or so, nothing really changes
- After the UK exits formally, the existing work permit criteria that is used for Non-EU players will also apply to EU players in the EPL. Unlike Serie A, EPL has no caps on number of Non-EU nationals.
What is the work permit criteria for Non-EU players?
- A player must have played for his country in at least 75% of its competitive matches during the last two years
- The player’s country must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings
How does this impact the Premier League?
- As of now, there are an estimated 80-100 EU players in EPL who do not meet these work permit requirements
- So as per existing rules, after 2 years EPL will lose a large number (10-15%) of its players who are EU nationals
- Also, the prices of quality EU (and Non-EU) players who are eligible for work permit will shoot up. Ditto re quality British players
- The major impact will be EPL club's ability to attract youth from the EU... i.e. no more De Gea / Pique / Martial kind of deals
- This may make the EPL less competitive in the long run
- However, there will be more British players in the EPL
How does this impact Serie A and other leagues?
- A weakening EPL may directly strengthen other leagues
- However the EPL clubs will potentially spend more on top quality players
- Other leagues will benefit from no EPL competition for the following type of players:
1. Quality EU youth players (e.g.: De Gea to Man Utd, Fabregas to Arsenal, etc)
2. Players who have not made it to their NT yet (e.g.: Payet to West Ham, Pelle to Southampton, etc)
What can the FA/UK do to help?
There are two options:
1. Slightly relax work permit criteria. However this will apply equally to EU and Non EU players, so may result in the EPL flooded with cheaper talents from South America & Africa. This could further reduce the opportunities for local players.
2. Completely relax work permit criteria, but add a cap on the total number of foriegn players per club i.e. as it used to be all over Europe before the mid-90s. This is possibly the best solution for the premier league.
Hope that helps. Happy to answer any questions to the best of my knowledge.
What does Brexit vote mean for the Premier League?
- For the next two years or so, nothing really changes
- After the UK exits formally, the existing work permit criteria that is used for Non-EU players will also apply to EU players in the EPL. Unlike Serie A, EPL has no caps on number of Non-EU nationals.
What is the work permit criteria for Non-EU players?
- A player must have played for his country in at least 75% of its competitive matches during the last two years
- The player’s country must be at or above 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings
How does this impact the Premier League?
- As of now, there are an estimated 80-100 EU players in EPL who do not meet these work permit requirements
- So as per existing rules, after 2 years EPL will lose a large number (10-15%) of its players who are EU nationals
- Also, the prices of quality EU (and Non-EU) players who are eligible for work permit will shoot up. Ditto re quality British players
- The major impact will be EPL club's ability to attract youth from the EU... i.e. no more De Gea / Pique / Martial kind of deals
- This may make the EPL less competitive in the long run
- However, there will be more British players in the EPL
How does this impact Serie A and other leagues?
- A weakening EPL may directly strengthen other leagues
- However the EPL clubs will potentially spend more on top quality players
- Other leagues will benefit from no EPL competition for the following type of players:
1. Quality EU youth players (e.g.: De Gea to Man Utd, Fabregas to Arsenal, etc)
2. Players who have not made it to their NT yet (e.g.: Payet to West Ham, Pelle to Southampton, etc)
What can the FA/UK do to help?
There are two options:
1. Slightly relax work permit criteria. However this will apply equally to EU and Non EU players, so may result in the EPL flooded with cheaper talents from South America & Africa. This could further reduce the opportunities for local players.
2. Completely relax work permit criteria, but add a cap on the total number of foriegn players per club i.e. as it used to be all over Europe before the mid-90s. This is possibly the best solution for the premier league.
Hope that helps. Happy to answer any questions to the best of my knowledge.