Essential The Official Football (Soccer) Thread - We are SO back, the Premier League returns!
The Observer
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The Observer
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Ratcliffe offering $2billion and a pack of peanuts
Hoping he throws his career away and goes to PSG once they shift Neymar to Chelsea,
Any PL club manage to get this guy it's an issue
Trajan
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Liverpool is a good move for him. They need legs and if nothing else he can run
Klopp would turn him into a reliable machine in the middle
Klopp's gonna turn that boy into a fullback in two yearsKlopp would turn him into a reliable machine in the middle
Trajan
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The difference is Arsenal didn't come up off oil. They were popping before the Emirates deal... that's why Man U won't be "an oil club" if the Qataris take over
Same can't be said for certain other clubs
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TobiOT
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I followed this jit at the U-20 South American Championship this month and
Why is his visa getting denied?
Heard he showed out during his tournament run. Was looking forward to seeing him
Uchiha God
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Went to that Redcafe United forum to see what they were saying about this takeover and promptly got banned. Kinda weird how these old fans are supposed to be super tough but are also incredibly sensitive
Players need to accumulate a total of 15 points from six different tables using a reference period of the 12 months prior to the date of application.
Players playing regularly for their national team are almost guaranteed to meet the entry requirements and will be awarded a governing body endorsement. They will, therefore, be able to play for the club without going into the more detailed criteria.
Table showing % of appearances required at different FIFA rankings for x number of points, or an Auto Pass.
Even players appearing regularly for a lower ranked national team, or less regularly for a high ranked team, will already be well on their way to collecting 15 points.
If the player doesn’t meet the Auto Pass criteria set out in Table 1, their club football is then taken into account, again based on the percentage of minutes played and the perceived level at which those minutes are played.
More Things
The first big change (especially from a WFi perspective!) is that it’s far easier for a club to get a work permit for a South American player now than it was under the previous entry requirements.
Its appears that, in trying not to make it as difficult as it might have been to sign players from the EU post-Brexit, the authorities have also made it easier to sign players from other continents, especially South America.
This is due to the fact that the Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamerica are considered the same ‘Band’ of continental competition (Band 1 and 2 — the highest) as their European equivalents, the Champions League and Europa League.
Table showing no. of points accrued for % of minutes in continental competition.
Table showing no. of points accrued for club’s progress in continental competition, awarded if the player appeared in a matchday squad.
WFi followers will be glad that the Libertadores is finally being recognised as one of the best international club competitions in the world.
English football clubs will be glad that if they are looking to sign a talented young player from South America, they are almost guaranteed a work permit if the player is playing regularly for a Libertadores or Sudamericana club.
If the player in question also plays for a Brazilian or Argentine side, they should pass the entry requirements with flying colours. This is because the Brasileiro Série A and the Argentina Primera División are considered Band 3 domestic leagues.
Bands & Minutes
The guidelines use the word ‘Band’ to describe the various levels of the game at club domestic, club continental, international, and youth international level. More on which clubs and competitions sit in which band is detailed below.
Club Bands
Band 1 leagues: English Premier League, Bundesliga, La Liga, Serie A and Ligue 1.
Band 1 continental competition: UEFA Champions League and the Copa Libertadores.
Band 2 leagues: Portuguese Primeira Liga, Eredivisie, Belgian First Division A, Turkish Super Lig and English Championship.
Band 2 continental competition: UEFA Europa League and the Copa Sudamerica.
Band 3 leagues: Russian Premier League, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Argentine Primera División, Liga MX and the Scottish Premiership.
Band 3 continental competition: any other continental competition not in Band 1 or 2.
Band 4 leagues: Czech First League, Croatian First Football League, Swiss Super League, Segunda División (Spain), 2. Bundesliga (Germany), Ukrainian Premier League, Greek Superleague, Colombian Categoría Primera A, Major League Soccer (USA and Canada), Austrian Bundesliga, and Ligue 2 (France).
Band 5 leagues: Serbian SuperLiga, Danish Superliga, Polish Ekstraklasa, Slovenian PrvaLiga, Chilean Primera División, Uruguayan Primera División and Chinese Super League.
Band 6: any other league not already mentioned.
New Work Permit Requirements For Players Moving To English Clubs Post-Brexit
