“…The expatriation of athletes has existed since the first decades of the 20th century, but has accelerated after 1996, due to changes in European legislation for these issues, especially for football athletes (Tertuliano, 2018;. Among the reasons, in the sporting context, wage improvement is pointed out as paramount for athletes to accept expatriation (Pontes, Ribeiro, Garcia, & Pereira, 2018;Sebben, 2009;Tertuliano, 2016;Tertuliano, Machado, Deustch, et al, 2018;Tertuliano et al, 2019;Tiesler, 2016).…”