Post-Brexit deal: British football clubs will have to adapt
Manchester City striker Riyad Mahrez against Olympique Marseille on December 9, 2020. AP - Jon Super
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Brexit will not be without consequences for the English football championship.
From January 1, British clubs will have to adapt to new rules of the game, especially in terms of transfers.
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Since the referendum in 2016, the fall in the value of the pound sterling against the euro had already seriously reduced the purchasing power of Premier League clubs.
The end of the free movement of players on January 1 will not help matters.
While the number of footballers from the European Union has been steadily increasing in the English league over the past decade, the trend will undoubtedly reverse or at least seriously slow down.
Need for a work permit
In addition to their price, it is now the need to obtain a work permit that will reduce the flow of European players to the United Kingdom.
This license is awarded according to a points system which favors those who are already the most recognized.
The richest clubs will therefore be able to continue to pay for stars.
But smaller clubs, whether English or Scottish, which bet on aspiring players will be affected.
It will be more difficult to see the emergence of players across the Channel as yet unknown, such as N'Golo Kante who left Caen in 2015 or
Riyad Mahrez
from Le Havre in 2014.
Another consequence, the British clubs once again subject to FIFA rules, will no longer be able to recruit minors like Paul Pogba and Cesc Fabregas who arrived at only 16 years old.
And they will no longer be able to afford more than 6 players aged 18 to 21 per year.
So many sources of potential income and less ...
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