Brexit players

[Flashspur]

Players will chase the money and prestige in the PL FFS...clubs will influence an outcome that maintains the status quo...non fricken story

 

[monkeynick]

And people laughed when I said we were mad to sell Tony Gardner

 

[TheSpillage]

I don't think so. The premier league would not want that and they have a lot of clout. They would lobby the government hard to be given an exception to the rules. There's one thing a hard-right government responds to and that's cash, so I could see shady deals being made to protect the premier league.

Which 'hard right' government are we talking about? I'm very much a remainer but let's not get carried away...

 

[Metalhead]

Yeah because the uk government as a history of making great decisions like promising an unnecessary and disastrous referendum...

I don't disagree but it is a cash cow so the government would do everything to support the PL.

 

[kmk]

Why would the government want to block footballers who will be 40% income tax on wages of £2 million a year (for the average Premier League footballer)?

Foreign PL footballers must be paying hundreds of millions every year into the Government's coffers.

 

[Ribble]

Given Leave are already backtracking on free movement being ended I'd say there'll not be any change really. Even if there was it'd likely just mean more kids from South America and Africa, because why bother just looking in Europe if you're going through the rigmarole of work permits? The Premier League has to maintain a certain level of quality after all, can't have it dropping because of politics.

 

[spurs9]

I disagree as you would just need to prove there is a skills shortage in our country to employ people from overseas. The 75% rule must be an FA rule and not in law.

Either way this is the least of our worries when it comes to this issue.

It's the home office that makes the rules, though the FA does make recommendations/requests for change. If we hadn't been part of the EU, Kante, Mahrez, Lamela and Martial (to name a few) may not have been able to play in the PL.

Also, it's only 75% for players declared for nations ranked 31 to 50 in FIFA's rankings, it's 60% if their nation is ranked between 21 to 30, 45% if ranked 11 to 10 and only 30% for players playing for national teams ranked in the top 10.

Personally, I think it's going to be a moot point any way, as I think when we leave the EU, we will keep free movement between countries anyway.

 

[JimmyG2]

It will depend on the agreements we make with EU
in the two years after we trigger Article 50.
They could make an exception for sport if they want
but it's more likely to be in the pot
with all the other issues.
Some immigrants are more equal than others.
What a mess in every way.
Football is the least of their problems.

 

[mattie g]

I don't think so. The premier league would not want that and they have a lot of clout. They would lobby the government hard to be given an exception to the rules. There's one thing a hard-right government responds to and that's cash, so I could see shady deals being made to protect the premier league.

*Every* government responds to cash...as do virtually all humans.

I have no idea what's going to happen when this all shakes out, but my gut tells me that free movement is going to remain in some form, so this may become a non-issue for footballers.

 

[Everlasting Seconds]

So you vote to give the established government and prominent politicians the middle finger, only to trust them with sorting out the mess afterwards.

 

[brasil_spur]

It's a ridiculous discussion to be fair. They're not going to make it so all european players have to play 75% of internationals.

I don't see how you can have one rule for Europeans and one for non-Europeans though. How about South Americans only need to play 60% but Australasian's need to play 90%..... it doesn't make sense and there's no reason why they should change things for Europe.

That all being said i would imagine that the UK and EU will come to some arrangement over visa's because there are just to many ex-pats in europe and too many highly skilled EU migrants in the UK to just cut everything off like that.

 

[brasil_spur]

*Every* government responds to cash...as do virtually all humans.

I have no idea what's going to happen when this all shakes out, but my gut tells me that free movement is going to remain in some form, so this may become a non-issue for footballers.

Free movement maybe, but then the same can be said for somewhere like Dubai - i can travel there on holiday without applying for a Visa under their Visa waiver program.

However when it comes to living and working there is no difference in an EU migrant coming to work in the UK as a footballer and him coming to work as a builder at a football stadium. So i would imagine that if this all goes through that EU footballers will have to apply for Visa's in the same way that non EU footballers currently have to.

Surely one of the main (if not the main) points of the Leave vote was to stop the mass migration of EU citizens (workers or not) into the UK. I don't see how we can Brexit and then decide that EU citizens migrating into the UK for work has the same process as before Brexit.

 

[brasil_spur]

Players will chase the money and prestige in the PL FFS...clubs will influence an outcome that maintains the status quo...non fricken story

It's not about the player's desire. I might want to go and chase the money and pretige of working in Silicon Valley - but without a green card i'm fucked.

 

[CornerPinDreamer]

Surely one of the main (if not the main) points of the Leave vote was to stop the mass migration of EU citizens (workers or not) into the UK. I don't see how we can Brexit and then decide that EU citizens migrating into the UK for work has the same process as before Brexit.

because thats the requirement for accessing the single market.. Remain have been saying this all along and the brexiteers had their heads in the sand whilst calling facts 'project fear' .. they lied

 

[jimbo]

If you think the government gives a fuck about a football I think you're mistaken. Wiff-waff's coming home.

 

[Nigel Spinal]

One of the points of Brexit is being able to set our own immigration policy. We'll be able to decide anew what should count as 'highly skilled workers'. The current EU restrictions on non-EU players won't apply

In practice it will make it easier for clubs to buy the most promising African and South American players, but harder to buy mediocre Europeans.

 

[Saoirse]

One of the points of Brexit is being able to set our own immigration policy. We'll be able to decide anew what should count as 'highly skilled workers'. The current EU restrictions on non-EU players won't apply

In practice it will make it easier for clubs to buy the most promising African and South American players, but harder to buy mediocre Europeans.

It will be largely set by the FA.

The same FA who've come up with an England set-up who've won nothing for 50 years and just went out of a European Championship to Iceland.

I'd rather trust the clubs to judge whether a player is "mediocre" or not than that bunch of flailing incompetents.

 

[tototoner]

The Premier League is one of the UK's most successful exports, and having exciting players from all over Europe/the world is a big part of its attraction in other territories.

IMO the UK government is not going to do anything to stifle that value and will go out of its way to ensure our elite clubs can buy all the European players they want.

Scudamore will make it perfectly clear to them what the EPL needs in order to keep the cash flowing in.

true but it means the national team is shit

 

[TaoistMonkey]

The agent of Christian Eriksen has spoken publicly that his client is unhappy at Tottenham Hotspur.

"Eriksen isn't receiving the respect that he deserves. He could play for any of the top clubs in Europe."

The Danish midfield playmaker has stalled over signing a new deal and his agent today appeared to apportion the blame on "BrExit".

“We are underestimating the danger,” agent Martin Schoots told La Repubblica.

“The truth is that half the Premier League players will see their work permits turned into scrap paper. In a situation like this, I’d take my client away from Tottenham.”

Roma and Juventus are among the Serie A sides known to be interested in the Danish international midfielder.

(Sky Sports Italia)

Parasite

 

[Ribble]

Parasite

If you hadn't seen in the news thread on it both Eriksen and his agent subsequently said they were totally baffled by these "quotes" and that he had never said such a thing!