Three Championship clubs have been placed under transfer embargoes until June under the Football League’s financial fair play rules: Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest. They will then have the opportunity to have the embargoes lifted if they can show that they have stayed within the rules.
Three Championship clubs have been placed under transfer embargoes until June under the Football League’s financial fair play rules: Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest. They will then have the opportunity to have the embargoes lifted if they can show that they have stayed within the rules.
Clubs will be prohibited from registering any new professional players (permanent contract or loan) unless they have: 24 or fewer established players (players aged 21 or over that have made at least 5 starting appearances for the club).”
The Football League stated, “Where clubs have fewer than 24 established players, they will only be permitted to sign players in the following circumstances (with the player in question being added to the club’s list of established players regardless of his age or previous playing experience): Where the employee costs of a player being signed are less than £600,000 per annum (or pro-rata if signed on a shorter contract).”
“Where clubs have 24 established players, they will be permitted to trade on a ‘one out, one in’ basis but only if the employee costs of the player coming in to the club are no more than whichever is the lower amount of: 75% of the equivalent costs of the player going out, or a maximum of £600,000 per annum (or pro-rata if signed on shorter contract).”
“In addition: Clubs under an FFP embargo will be permitted to sign a goalkeeper on an emergency basis (in line with existing regulations).”
The embargo could prove particularly challenging for Nottingham Forest.