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da imperador bet： In news that has almost all of England’s top-flight clubs worried, Britain’s impending exit from the European Union could see a major shake-up for the amount of overseas players allowed in a Premier League squad, as revealed by The Times.
The FA has proposed that all 20 clubs in the top-flight will have the amount of overseas players allowed in their 25-man squad cut to just 12, compared to the previous allowance of 17, whilst the remainder of the squad must be made up of ‘homegrown’ players.
Why is this being implemented?
In a bid to come to a compromise with clubs, the FA will endorse any application for a work permit for foreign players that they wish to sign, so long as they fall in line with the aforementioned quota.
Any failure to do a deal may see clubs struggle to sign players from outside the EU, unless they qualify as an ‘elite’ player; therefore ruling out clubs like Leicester ever signing a player like N’Golo Kante, who was a little known, unaccomplished player before his move from Caen, again.
A recruitment rethink is needed for some clubs
Currently, Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal all have over 12 ‘overseas’ players in each of their squads; a rethink of their transfer strategy is an urgent must in an imminent post-Brexit future.
However, no club should be panicking more than Manchester City and Tottenham. Both clubs currently have the maximum amount of ‘overseas’ players in their squads with 17, along with the likes of Brighton, Huddersfield and Watford.
If these new regulations do come into place, it could see a major shakeup in the way in which these clubs go about their business and could see years of scouting and recruitment research scrapped.
Whilst that will pain the recruitment gurus at each of those clubs, it could be wonderfully beneficial for English football and could finally see grassroots football get the funding it so desperately needs.