Originally Posted by
Gnojek
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?