The Premier League Brexit rules for Manchester United and Man City transfers

manchestereveningnews.co.uk:

Football clubs face the usual race against time to secure deals ahead of Monday’s transfer deadline day - but there is an added incentive to sign players from the EU ahead of the January window.Monday is the final day clubs can sign non-UK based EU players and get them pre-settled status ahead of the end of the Brexit transition period.Come January 1, the UK’s transition period to exit the European Union will have ended, meaning freedom of movement will also have finished.Nothing is yet to be agreed over the status of signing footballers from EU countries post the transition period and it appears highly likely that work permits will be required.If work permits are required, it will make it much harder for clubs to sign players from the.