We attract the best players and managers from around the world but don’t do the same for refs. Then we wonder why the officiating is much worse than the quality of players and coaches. The quality of the playing would be way worse without foreigners and quality of refereeing would improve with foreigners.
Agree or disagree?
Absolutely agree, although the question shouldn’t be “foreign” but simply “competent”.
The premier league has already crossed this line by importing refs from Australia, although they had to completely relocate and only ref here etc.
Refereeing in the premier league needs to be completely redone form the ground up. Much higher salaries and therefore higher expectations on fitness and knowledge and education, VAR should be independently done and not by refs who also work pitch side.
This is going to happen soon either way as several refs will leave, under the excuse of persecution, for the big money in the Saudi league. On the face of it it is ridiculous that a ref keeps control of players who some make more in a day or two than they make in a year.