Quote Originally Posted by Gnojek View Post
It seems a strange situation whereby experienced players are effectively stopped from playing for 4 or 5 months after the window has closed. There's no way they can get in to the first-team squad, they're no real use to the U23s squad but can't leave the club on loan to play elsewhere. Their only option is to terminate their contract and become free agents, I guess, which is risky for them and amounts to a sort of restraint of trade?
They can't terminate their contracts and sign elsewhere outside of a transfer window. They'd have to get released before the end of the window. I don't see how this benefits anyone but there we go.