Just listening to Radio 4 where the premise of reducing migration from the EU by about 100 - 120k people was being hypothetically discussed (emphasis because no one knows what would happened if we left). The idea the person being interviewed had to do this was making EU citizens apply for work permits like non EU once we left.
Though he was talking about low paid workers I couldn't help think about some of the deals football in general and the Albion in particular have done in this area (i.e. Ulloa's Spanish passport).
If they applied it retrospectively it would change the make up of every club in the league though I suspect this would not be possible. Even if they just did it going forwards the recruitment strategy and market prices paid would change for pretty much every Championship club. It would also raise the possibility of introducing a unilateral salary cap system.
However, if this had been in place since 2011 think of the players we'd have missed out on. For me Bruno, Spanish Dave, Calde, Vincelot, Ulloa, Knockaert, Orlandi would probably not have got permits if treated like non EU whereas Maenpaa (an international) and Agustien (who plays internationally for some tinpot island) might have still qualified.
All hypothetical of course but interesting to consider. Any thoughts?
Though he was talking about low paid workers I couldn't help think about some of the deals football in general and the Albion in particular have done in this area (i.e. Ulloa's Spanish passport).
If they applied it retrospectively it would change the make up of every club in the league though I suspect this would not be possible. Even if they just did it going forwards the recruitment strategy and market prices paid would change for pretty much every Championship club. It would also raise the possibility of introducing a unilateral salary cap system.
However, if this had been in place since 2011 think of the players we'd have missed out on. For me Bruno, Spanish Dave, Calde, Vincelot, Ulloa, Knockaert, Orlandi would probably not have got permits if treated like non EU whereas Maenpaa (an international) and Agustien (who plays internationally for some tinpot island) might have still qualified.
All hypothetical of course but interesting to consider. Any thoughts?