Following on from the BREXIT youth player thread

[IanBishopsHaircut]

Would exiting the EU have any bearing at all regarding signing first team players within Europe at all?

Obviously the 'Freedom Of Movement' laws must apply to football players too?

 

[Centurions]

Would exiting the EU have any bearing at all regarding signing first team players within Europe at all?

Obviously the 'Freedom Of Movement' laws must apply to football players too?

If we're not in the European Union those laws wouldn't apply anyway. So yes, it would (eventually) have a huge bearing.

 

[CheadleBlue]

Yes. See the article in yesterday's MEN. It would effectively lock out clubs in the Uk from signing players in the 16-18 age bracket whilst leaving the rest of Europen clubs to do do. For example - no Brahim.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

A lot will depend on what happens in terms of freedom of movement. If the UK post Brexit rejects freedom of movement then non-EU players will be back to a work permit situation.

The other situation is that the FA could then impose quotas on foreign nationals as it would be free from EU . As we all know quotas in football always work out OK.

No doubt there will be a few who will be delighted that English players will get a chance but in the long term the premier league could be significantly weakened.

 

[Neville Kneville]

A lot will depend on what happens in terms of freedom of movement. If the UK post Brexit rejects freedom of movement then non-EU players will be back to a work permit situation.

The other situation is that the FA could then impose quotas on foreign nationals as it would be free from EU . As we all know quotas in football always work out OK.

No doubt there will be a few who will be delighted that English players will get a chance but in the long term the premier league could be significantly weakened.

Tbh, there is no reason clubs here can't produce players like Brahim, other than the hangover from 30 years of idiots running the show, some of whom, like Dyke & Wilkinson & Danny Mills, are desperate to hold on to influence. Leicester winning the title by running about & lumping the ball & Klopp turning up hasn't done anyone any favours in that respect & has brought loads more of them out of the woodwork, telling everyone how possession doesn't matter.

But at City, that's not our problem. If they want to go back to the dark ages, it makes our job easier.

But the key, & the area where Pellegrini has almost done untold damage to the club, is that we have to be SEEN to be using our kids in the first team, even if we then move them on as not good enough. We have to be SEEN to be a club who gives kids a chance.

If we do that, a lot of the best ones will come to us, as young kids, & we can teach them to play proper football. As we are doing.

 

[Falastur]

If we left the free movement agreement then there's a good chance that, if it becomes obvious that it's hurting the PL, the government would end up altering the work permit laws to make it easier for professional clubs to sign foreigners. That said, there's no guarantee that that would apply to youths - in fact it's quite likely that it wouldn't.

 

[pavelsrnicek]

If we left the free movement agreement then there's a good chance that, if it becomes obvious that it's hurting the PL, the government would end up altering the work permit laws to make it easier for professional clubs to sign foreigners. That said, there's no guarantee that that would apply to youths - in fact it's quite likely that it wouldn't.

As I understand the youth exception only applies as long as the UK is in the EU as it is a derogation from the general FIFA prohibition on players moving under 18.

 

[r.soleofsalford]

Tbh, there is no reason clubs here can't produce players like Brahim, other than the hangover from 30 years of idiots running the show, some of whom, like Dyke & Wilkinson & Danny Mills, are desperate to hold on to influence. Leicester winning the title by running about & lumping the ball & Klopp turning up hasn't done anyone any favours in that respect & has brought loads more of them out of the woodwork, telling everyone how possession doesn't matter.

But at City, that's not our problem. If they want to go back to the dark ages, it makes our job easier.

But the key, & the area where Pellegrini has almost done untold damage to the club, is that we have to be SEEN to be using our kids in the first team, even if we then move them on as not good enough. We have to be SEEN to be a club who gives kids a chance.

If we do that, a lot of the best ones will come to us, as young kids, & we can teach them to play proper football. As we are doing.

 

[Falastur]

As I understand the youth exception only applies as long as the UK is in the EU as it is a derogation from the general FIFA prohibition on players moving under 18.

There are caveats to the rule though, which allow it to go ahead. There's one caveat for instance that allows transfers so long as the player's parents both find employment within x miles of the new club. If the caveats didn't exist, players whose parents had to move countries would be banned from playing for years.