Hi, I am Matthew and I own this blog. This blog was created using the Google blogger app.
You are about to read on Brexit and the effects of Brexit on the English Premier League.
• WHAT IS BREXIT?
"Brexit" is the combination of the words "British" and "exit". To make it simple, Brexit is the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union. It means any political ties between the UK and other European countries would be cut off.
• MORE ON BREXIT
The withdrawal is a process and has entered into a transition period that started on the 1st of February, 2020 and will end on the 31st of December, 2020. Negotiations are still ongoing to determine if it's going to be a HARD Brexit or a SOFT one. The HARD Brexit makes connection between the UK and EU stricter while SOFT Brexit makes the connection less strict.
•HOW WILL BREXIT AFFECT THE ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
No one really knows how this Brexit would affect the EPL but there are foreseeable consequences of this deal.
• MIGRATION: All countries in the European Union have a deal on migration which allows the free movement of people into any EU country. International movement within the EU doesn't require a special form of VISA as movement is free. But now that the United Kingdom has withdrawn from the EU, restrictions would be surely placed on the migration of people and goods between the UK and other European countries. To make this simple, UK citizens would need the same VISA requirements as African Migrants that want to migrate to any EU country.
Hence, Matthew( footballer for Tottenham, UK) and Matthew ( footballer for MFM Utd, Nigeria) would need the same VISA to join Fc Barcelona, Spain.
• THE FA THEORY: The Football Association of England ( The FA) have seen this Brexit as a nice idea. Why? In the 1992/93 premier league season, 70% of the players that started for their respective teams were English players (UK citizens). But in the 2018/19, just 33% of the players that started for their respective teams were UK citizens. That's something any National FA wouldn't want to have in their leagues.
So, the Brexit deal would by far increase the percentage of UK footballers in the EPL.
• POUND DE-VALUATION: The Brexit will also cause a sharp reduction of the value of the pound £ against the Euro € in the foreign exchange. This devalue would inflate the transfer fees an EPL club would pay in getting a player from any other European Football League. This means the EPL would have to pay more than they should while bargaining for players from the EU.
i.e Matthew (Arsenal FC Director) would pay 70 million pounds for a player in La Liga (Spain) rather than 40 million pounds. NB:This example is nothing but an illustration.
• WORK PERMIT: Football players around the world are not immune to work permits. A Work Permit is an authorisation given by the Government of a country to enable an individual work legally in that country. So if an EPL player wants to join the Bundesliga, he is now subject to tighter regulations surrounding the issuing of the work permit.
When too much regulations are on the work permit issuing, premier league players would shy off joining other leagues in Europe.
• IMAGE DAMAGE: If the Brexit deal eventually ends up being a HARD BREXIT, the Image of the British Government would be greatly damaged hence passing it on to several sectors of the economy. Forget not that the EPL( sports industry) is part of the British Economy. From ban on free flow of players, to tighter regulations on work permit, to the financial implications, to the discrimination from other European Leagues.
• CONCLUSION: The Brexit deal has happened. All that remains is to know if it's going to be a HARD Brexit or a SOFT Brexit.
A HARD Brexit will have more implications than the SOFT Brexit, so let's keep our Hope high and believe it's going to be a soft one.
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~ Matthew
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