With the current rules, most of the foreign players in the league wouldn't be allowed. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...t-mean-professional-sport-eu?CMP=share_btn_tw
http://www.forbes.com/sites/bobbymc...ier-league-and-soccer-worldwide/#66c404072513 - The UK pound immediately dropped in value and it could drop more in the coming months. The devaluation means that any British club will have to pay more when quoted a price by a foreign club in any other currency than the pound. It also means that Premier League teams will become “less expensive” to potential foreign owners. By the same token existing foreign owners will see the value of their assets shrink until the pound recovers its pre-vote value. - Transfer fees are often staged and the drop in the pound will have a negative impact on finances if the club has not protected itself through some form of currency hedging. - The ability for players to move freely at the conclusion of their club contracts has been a fact since the EU ruled such over 20 years ago when it handed down the Bosman rule. The Bosman rule is a European Union law and it would no longer hold sway in Britain. However, in practice, it is difficult to see how the clock could be turned back, EU or no EU. - Up until the vote, EU players were free to sign for British teams. Non-EU players, including those from North America, faced a series of tests before qualifying for a work permit.The rules for non-EU players, in the short-term anyway, are unlikely to change. - For EU players it is almost certain that once the transition phase concludes and the UK has fully withdrawn from the EU, these players will be forced into the same process as non-EU players.Some of the initial rhetoric of “players losing their right to play” in the UK is excessive and over the top. These players will just have to join the other less responsive and less timely line. Whichever process is finally put in place it is unlikely to impact players of great talent and reputation. - Premier League clubs spend a lot of money on scouting and recruiting European Union qualified youngsters for their Academy systems. That avenue will rapidly lead to a dead end. Conversely, the Premier League and others may be forced into developing “homegrown” talent, an area that many have accused them of neglecting. - With UK's #Brexit, Gareth Bale becomes a non-EU player. There is a max quota of three - already taken by James, Casemiro, and Danilo. [AS]
I've disliked Chelsea's loan system since its inception so that's the only positive from the Brexit I see. I just think it's kind of cruel because those kids had to be thrilled to death Chelsea were going to buy them and had to have been misled about how far away they were from ever getting in to the first team. The current loaned out players have a whatsapp group chat that I would love to read.