Anyone out there know what will happen to football in this cuntry of ours AFTER Brexit? Will the whole Bosman thing be finished? Or will we still welcome overseas (EU) players. If there is an exodus of EU players will SKY / BT et al stop putting money in to the PL? Without the big money from the broadcasters a lot of clubs will (probably?) be in financial trouble.
That’s what I think will happen if there is no free movement of people / players. I haven’t heard or read anything in the press about the future of football post Brexit and I wonder if anyone has even thought about it. I’m sure some clubs must have some sort of plan in place, but nothing seems to have found its way in to the press.
No free movement does not mean no movement. Foreign players will always be allowed in as they end up paying huge amounts in tax and cost the country nothing. The government even charges a fortune for the visas
I’m sure there’s an episode of ‘Till Death Us Do Part’ in which Alf rails against joining the Common Market on the grounds that it will open the flood gates to immigrants. His son-in-law lets him work himself up into a rage over this and then pricks the bubble by pointing out that it will mean that the best of the German footballers (Beckenbauer ? Muller ?) will be able to sign for West Ham.