TA: The era of the taxi army will come to an end completely, and the Premier League may limit the satellite team after Brexit

The Athletic UK correspondent Philip Buckingham and Chelsea reporter Liam Twomey interpreted the new rules for loan players introduced by FIFA accordingly, and they explained the loan situation of the current Big6 club in the Premier League.

Does this mean that Chelsea's "taxi army" will officially come to an end?

In fact, Chelsea has been preparing for FIFA's restrictions on the terms of loan for quite some time, but the epidemic has prevented FIFA from implementing new regulations immediately, giving these big clubs led by "taxis" more room for adjustment and breathing space.

In recent years, Stamford Bridge's so-called lend-lease army has been massively reduced. Unlike the 2018-19 season, when 49 players were loaned out, the number of loaned players this season has dropped to 21.

Players like Mario Passaric and Michael Hector, who have been loaned out a total of nine times, have never made a first-team appearance in Chelsea. Those days will be gone, and Chelsea's loan outings are now mainly used to develop the club's best young players, including Conggaragal, Gilmore, Armando Broa and Levi Colwell.

Among the more than 21 non-academy players, Chelsea are now only Bayoko on loan to AC Milan, DrickWater on loan to Reading, Emerson to Lyon and Baba Rahman on loan to Reading, and Baba Rahman on loan to Reading, while the contract of Drinking Brother expires this summer.

In addition, Batshuayi and Miazaga, who are loaned out to Besiktas and Alaves, are likely to be immediately cleared to further empty the squad.

Will other Premier League top balls be affected?

City, like Chelsea, have developed the habit of renting out their youth players, with city having rented as many as 36 players this season. However, the vast majority of them are either under the age of 21 or have Manchester City's youth status.

Manchester United and Liverpool have adopted different strategies in the use of the loan system, and their loans are more cautious. For example, United currently have only 13 players on loan and only 3 players (Fakundo Perristri, Axel Tuanzebe and Andreas Pereira) on loan to overseas teams.

However, it is another London club, Arsenal, that cannot play by the new rules now. They have loaned seven players to overseas teams, including Guendouzi, Salibba, Bellerin, Torreira, Gunnarsson, Mali and Mavropanos. Niles and Nelson were also loaned overseas, but they are both Arsenal's academy players.

Wolves are perhaps the club most likely to be hit by FIFA changes in the Premier League, with 21 players on loan in the first half of the season, including 10 sent overseas, such as Kutrone to Empoli and Vinagre to Portugal Sport.

Leo Bonadini, Totti Gomez, Leo Campana and Bendeguz Pola are all loaned out to Wolves' satellite team, Swiss club Grasshopper Zurich, which will also be limited next season.

The new rules stipulate that "at any time in a season, a club can only loan up to three professional players to the same club".

In the current Brexit era, cooperation with overseas clubs is on the rise in the Premier League. While the UK football community will support such outsourcing and satellite/soccer group operations linked to overseas clubs, more restrictions may be introduced in the future.