Premier League reacts to Brexit

The answer is, largely, no. Though there are some significant twists and, perhaps, some opportunities as well. The UK did not vote to leave UEFA and the European football family’. Things aren’t going to happen overnight, and the UK’s separation from the European Union will probably take years to fully materialise.

Dyke has long campaigned to get more English players into the Premier League and tightened up work permit regulations to make it more hard for non-EU players to get a work permit. While it is unlikely that those players will be asked to leave, new players will now not have an automatic right to live and work in Britain. These have recently been updated but, broadly speaking, they’re aimed at guaranteeing that whoever comes in is of a certain standard.

More significantly, if only the elite internationals meet work permit requirements, then that could force up price tags by millions. The new ones are, supposedly, tougher but, as Geey’s article shows, there are loopholes and exceptions.

Wherever you are in the world, it can not have escaped your attention that something called a “Brexit” has stolen the attention of many across the globe.

There’s another issue here. This will no longer be the case once Britain severs its European Union ties. Insularity is part of the character of football; English football should be centred around English players and English crowds. Harrison, whose playing career involved stints with Middlesbrough and Crystal Palace, has not seen Tre Penne first hand but got his hands on recent footage of them and describes his club as “overwhelming favourites, though we are taking nothing for granted”. Yet here’s the thing: the work permit regulations aren’t some devilish rules concocted by faceless bureaucrats.

It is not arrogance: UEFA’s coefficiency rankings, based on results in the last five years in Europe, put the Welsh side almost 200 places higher than their San Marino rivals.

But there are many who believe that the restriction on the inflow for foreign players in English leagues will promote the inclusion of homegrown talent. There is obviously a lot of uncertainty surrounding the future following the result, but we can assume that most of the change will be gradual.

SAINTS are set to feel the repercussions of the Brexit – although the full impact of the Leave vote is yet to become fully apparent to the Premier League.

There are other potential impacts of the vote, too. “I don’t know enough about it to be concerned about it and I don’t think the other players do as well”. These rules do not apply for players between the ages of 16-18 who are transferred within the EU or European Economic Area (EEA).

Obviously, in the event of Brexit, that could not happen.

As an example, Arsenal would have been forced to wait two additional years before signing the likes of Cesc Fabregas and Hector Bellerin.

Last season, there were 432 European Union players registered in England. That would become illegal. All of a sudden, Bundesliga stars would be far less appealing to the cash-rich Premier League clubs.

Like it or not, much of that appeal stems from the best players from all over the world battling in one helter-skelter competition. But a post-Brexit Britain would have no such problems.

Once the Brexit has gone through, however, players will be subject to the same rules on working in Britain as non-EU imports now face: they must be regular internationals, defined as having played in 75 percent of competitive national team games over the past couple of years.