This article describes how French players are being hired to play in the England’s Premier league.  They are attracted by higher salaries and the prestige of the league.  The article also shows that not only are players migrating from the third world to Europe for soccer but also among European countries.

According to those findings, average yearly salary for a play in Belgium’s top division was $284,300, versus $473,100 for a Dutch peer; and $727,900 in France’s Ligue 1. By contrast, that same survey estimated annual average salary in the Premier League at $2.2 million—not far from the pre-bonus figure of $1.82 million the Daily Mail worked up in 2011.