EFL embargo not lifted.

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

According to WOL

"The EFL rule that if an embargo has been in place for more than 30 days then the club are prohibited from paying a fee for a player for three windows.

As we understand it, the EFL assert the club were notified of the embargo more than 30 days before paying the £7m to Nantes this week and therefore this particular part of the ban has not yet been lifted. Talks, however, are going on behind the scenes in a bid to find a solution.

What it essentially means for the time being is that Cardiff are able to register new players but are unable to pay fees for them for the next three windows."

https://mobile.twitter.com/lee_georgina/status/1613474535889682434

[the other bob wilson]

EFL embargo not lifted.

Well,not entirely - only free transfers and loans (with no loan fee paid) this month according to this;-

https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Football/Championship/Cardiff+City?type=ln

[TWGL1]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Well,not entirely - only free transfers and loans (with no loan fee paid) this month according to this;-

https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Fo...f+City?type=ln

I think that would have been the case anyway if it’s true regardless of what stipulation is in place ?

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

I think that would have been the case anyway if it’s true regardless of what stipulation is in place ?

Possibly, but would we have paid what works out at around £7 million just to sign frees and cheap loans? I’m assuming there that we paid the first instalment because we wanted to bring in players this month, but then you’d think that, if we were always going to pay £7 million, we’d have made sure that we did so within the thirty days.

[life on mars]

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In / out , shake it all about , lets take the positiveness out of this ..

[superfeathers]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Possibly, but would we have paid what works out at around £7 million just to sign frees and cheap loans? I’m assuming there that we paid the first instalment because we wanted to bring in players this month, but then you’d think that, if we were always going to pay £7 million, we’d have made sure that we did so within the thirty days.

We may have done so within 30 days, as the WO article hinges on one line "As we understand it".
I wouldn't put too much hope on anything that WO understand.
Either way, i'd be confident that we'd be able to appeal this particular clause given the unique scenario that led to the delayed payment

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

We may have done so within 30 days, as the WO article hinges on one line "As we understand it".
I wouldn't put too much hope on anything that WO understand.
Either way, i'd be confident that we'd be able to appeal this particular clause given the unique scenario that led to the delayed payment

I might be wrong, but I think that story has come from the club.

[The Lone Gunman]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Either way, i'd be confident that we'd be able to appeal this particular clause given the unique scenario that led to the delayed payment

The ‘unique scenario’ that led to delayed payment was the club’s decision to ignore the Court of Arbitration for Sport’s judgement in August 2022.

[superfeathers]

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I might be wrong, but I think that story has come from the club.

Well should that be the case maybe it's an embargo of convenience, I don't think we were going to see many fees floating around anytime soon anyway

[TWGL1]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

I might be wrong, but I think that story has come from the club.

You are probably correct , I’ve always said the stuff they write goes through the club most of the time and posters dismissed the notion out of hand when a discussion was going on.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Well,not entirely - only free transfers and loans (with no loan fee paid) this month according to this;-

https://www.newsnow.co.uk/h/Sport/Fo...f+City?type=ln

Sorry, here’s the story I was referring to.

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/what-cardiff-city-can-actually-25956639

[Rjk]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

I guess for example, we could loan a player from Kortrijk if they were to sign someone first

[Undercoverinwurzelland]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Wonder if it applies to compensation for out of contact young players too.

[LA Bluebird]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Wot a shambles. I wonder if Vinny kept the receipt.

[the other bob wilson]

Re: EFL embargo not lifted.

Well should that be the case maybe it's an embargo of convenience, I don't think we were going to see many fees floating around anytime soon anyway

I think there’s still room for some “creative” deals - for example, the Gareth Ainsworth type whereby we took over the contract of a player who did not have long left on his deal and was not going to sign a new one. That could be reported as a free transfer with the “fee” being the money a club makes by no longer having to pay his wages.