Why English football cannot escape from Europe

London Loves Business

One aspect of the Euro debate that has been missed out is what happens to football should this country vote to leave the European Union. Of course this is not as important as to whether EU migrants can claim benefits from the moment they arrive in this country but it would be wrong to ignore the impact of a Brexit vote on the national game. It could lead to English clubs finding it difficult to buy overseas players, or at least forced to pay a lot more and make the Premier League, whose emergence as the most powerful league in the world has matched the closer integration of EU nations, vulnerable to challenge from some of its European rivals.