Do footballers need a work permit? Is this a silly question?

Question

I am talking of players playing in The Barclays Premiership.....
.....Thanks.

Answer 1

Not a silly question - players from OUTSIDE the EU area require a work permit to play in the UK - it is generally granted to them if they have played a certain number of times for their country (thus satisfying the criterion that they have specialist expertise which cannot be sourced in the EU).

Answer 2

players with that kind of experience do not need a work permit. the barclays premiership has most of the best players in the world.

Answer 3

Only players from countries outside of the European Union need a work permit to play in the Premiership, and they can only get it if they appeared in 75 per cent of their national team's matches over the last two years.

Answer 4

Yes players do need work permits for players that dont come from EU countries or outside the UK or dont hold a European held passport.

Answer 5

yes all players born out of the eu require a work permit

Answer 6

Any players in Britain from outside the UK or EEC need a work permit.

Answer 7

yeah - as far as i remember, there was one player who had trouble with a work permit! after all, playing football is an occupation because you earn money from it and it is something that one does full time now (if they play football at all, that is!)..

Answer 8

Yes

Answer 9

Foreign players - yes they do and they have to play in a certain amount of games.

Answer 10

yep they do.some players have to wait sometimes before the can come over to the prem coz they dont have work permit.nearly happened to anderson of utd but he was cleared to join