Pretty sure it will be a clause that stops non-prem clubs signing non-EU players. In other words, any players they already have can remain on existing contracts. that's my guess anyway.
Work permits for Non EU is complicated anyway. A club has to apply to the Home Office for a work permit, with the requirement being that a player had to have played 75% of his nationâs competitive games within the last two years [excluding friendlies] to qualify. Also the country the player is coming from must be in the top 70 of Fifaâs rankings. Given this, it's highly unlikely a top ranked player would be joining a championship team. If a prem team is relegated, I would think the non EU players will have contract provisions for such an event.
Check the Villa thread http://www.not606.com/showthread.php/261097-Aston-Villa?p=6458735&viewfull=1#post6458735
Whatever they do- have to grandfather in existing players. Non-EU nationals who are already signed for a club shouldn't be excluded from continuing to play at their clubs. Otherwise it could make some clubs... smaller clubs at that... sell off players on the cheap. Even if Premier League clubs where up-to two non-EU players allowed per squad, any club that currently has more than 2 should be allowed to keep what they have- just not allowed to sign any more whilst they remain over the limit.
That's for a straight forward acceptance. If a player is slightly under that then its still possible but requires an appeal etc.
So... theoretically. Say Scotland gains independence. There is a chance that, at least initially they won't be given EU membership. (Spain, Italy, Germany and other countries with their own want-a-way regions are against Scotland getting membership in EU as it will encourage their own regions to separate) All the dozens of Scottish players in the league can't play there any more. Charlie Adam has to bugger off North of the Border where his Corners alone will be worth 100Million Scottish £. (assuming £1 will be worth £10-Scots)
I don't think there's ever a straight forward acceptance. If players meet the 75% rule, a club will offer sponsorship but all applications then have to go to the FA for them to consider endorsement.
Scotland won't get independence because they will never be able to invent a currency to deal with the rest of the world.
So long as Stoke stay in the Premier League then Adam can continue to injury players south of the border. Its the Championship clubs and lower that wouldn't be allowed to buy any Scots. And the poor Scottish players would be forced to play in a substandard league for Celtic.
Stoke has the following non-EU players: Palacios, Odemwingie, Shea, Adam (if Scotland leave Union), Cameron, Assaidi (On Loan from us) They also have out on loan: Edu, Ness (another Scottish, potentially non-EU player), and Agudelo That's more than the two non-EU players that the FA's plan would allow. Some (most) of them (maybe Adam) would have to leave. Even a small club like Stoke is currently associated with 9 non-EU players. 7 of them would have to bugger off. They also have 3 non-EU players in their reserve squad... would they have to go too?
At Liverpool we have: Jones, Touré, Suarez, Coutinho, Moses (loan), Coates, Lucas (although I think Moses has British Citizenship too- and Lucas/Jones probably been here long enough to get British Citizenship) Assaidi is out on loan. In the reserves we have Pelosi (yank) And Under 18s we have 2 Scottish foreigners: Crump, Alexander. AND: Brimmer, Sanders also from outside the EU. Which two do we keep? Suarez and Coutinho presumably.
Didn't read that bit, about the non-EU cap. Can't see any Prem or league club going for that. By the time anything gets finalised I would guess that that part of the proposal will have disappeared.
Yeah... not in the article header for this thread- but it's in the source article I didn't read the source originally... just went back to check and found the above. I remember that is stuck in my head when I heard it on the Beeb World Service on my lunch break.
Per article. Proposed to two non-EU players per squad. That would impact us too! Doesn't bother me as long as it is a level playing field. The question is in Champions League. If Germany, for example were allowed to buy all our Brazilian and Argentinian maestros would they have an unfair advantage over us?
