The Bluebirds are now unable to sign players after the EFL imposed an embargo upon them
Cardiff City have been placed under a transfer embargo.
According to the EFL website, the reason for the enforcement of the embargo is due to “P&S Rule 2.4.1 – Non-submission of Annual Accounts”.
Under EFL rules, each club must submit to the league their annual accounts for the financial year 2024/25 by December 31. It would appear the Bluebirds missed that deadline.
It means the club are unable to sign new players until the accounts are submitted.
However, the club hope the restrictions will be lifted by the end of next week and insist it won’t impact any of their plans for the January window.
The Bluebirds sit top of League One after a stellar opening half of the campaign under manager Brian Barry-Murphy.
Cardiff have seen a number of players leave the club already this month, with youngsters Luey Giles, Will Spiers and Dakarai Mafico all departing on loan, while keeper Jak Alnwick left for Huddersfield Town in a permanent deal.
Barry-Murphy has always maintained he wants a tight squad to work with at Cardiff City Stadium but did admit earlier this week that the club would like to strengthen in the full-back areas.
“I think that’s a very fair assessment,” Barry-Murphy said when asked about the lack of depth.
“We were obviously very comfortable using Perry (Ng) or Ronan (Kpakio) at left-back alongside Joel (Bagan).
“Joel has done very, very well for us this season. But Luey Giles has gone on loan, so that’s an area of our squad that we are aware that we may need some help in.”
Retaining the talent that they have is seen to be a main priority, as the Irishman conceded. “The main focus has been securing the players that we have and rate so highly,” he added.
“We have seen so much progress this season. The likes of Ronan, Dylan [Lawlor] and Isaak [Davies] committing to long-term contracts is a big part of what I’m asking him to focus on.
“The support from the board has been incredible.
“The main outcomes at the moment have been trying to secure the loans that we think are very important for the young players coming through.”
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