View from Europe: Brexit could end Premier League status as Europe's top league

When I went to bed last night, remain was ahead. I woke up, and leave had won. It was a strange morning, a strange feeling. Obviously, the Brexit will change the face of English football and the Premier League.

Over the longer term, I'm not worried for England. But in the short term it will be different because the fall of stock markets and the pound will change the transfer market. Is it a good thing for France? I'm not sure. We'll still find leagues richer than us that can buy our best players...

It seems to be very difficult to assess what effect Brexit will have for the Premier League and the other top leagues in Europe. I think the Premier League will retain an important role, but not as the number one league over the next few years, as the negotiations between the United Kingdom and Brussels on working conditions and laws still have to be done.

The Premier League at the moment has a big lead in terms of worldwide marketing, fan potential and attractiveness. But I think there will be bad medium and longer term consequences. It will surely become difficult for young talent to join England's top clubs and the other leagues will catch up in all spheres - and become more attractive for the big stars. Put simply: the Premier League won’t be able to play the big role it has played until now.

It remains to be seen how it will impact football. If the pound continues to slump, then evidently England teams will pay more for players. That in turn can affect the budgets of clubs.

Lets see which EU acts Britain are going to terminate and then we'll have an answer as to how it affects the clubs. Until now, nothing changes aside from the value of the pound. That's the biggest disadvantage for now.

Clubs can also lobby for changes in British law relating to the movement of players in the future, and can try to influence changes in law regarding work permits.

At the moment, anything could happen. This means Brexit could have a strong impact on British sports – especially the Premier League – but also it could become a much softer situation. All we know is that everything depends on which kind of agreement GB and the EU will reach on working laws.

But if I must speak about feelings, I’d say that I fear the British clubs could be forced to face a similar situation to the Italian ones after the end of the lira and the beginning of the euro. Before 2002, the old currency helped our clubs in buying big players abroad thanks to a good exchange. Afterwards, it all changed.