England’s Premier League sees one of the highest player-loyalty rates in Europe
As their bargaining power and influence grows, football players of today wield more and more power over the beautiful game. The footballers’ labour market has seen an increase in the mobility of players, with new signings in European squads increasing sharply from 36.7% in 2009 to 44.8% in 2017.
This begs the question of how loyal football players are to their teams, and are one-club men a dying breed?
Ticketgum.com has analysed figures from the Football Observatory from October 2017.