CIES: France is the country with the most expatriate players (115) among the Top 5 European leagues

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105 French players have played, since the beginning of the 2019-20 season, at least one match in one of the four Top 5 European leagues excluding the Ligue 1 Conforama, making France the country with the most expatriate players amoung the Top 5 leagues, according to the Weekly Post from the CIES Football Observatory, published on 25/11/2019...

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