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Efl naughty boys list out. Derby County feature heavily. Bad news for Reading. But Sheff Wed not on the list … probably after paying those late wages 😳😳 https://t.co/JCapG4fbVy
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
Derby County, Reading & Hull City among eight clubs under EFL transfer embargoes
Derby, Reading and newly-promoted Hull are among eight English Football League clubs under transfer embargoes a month before the start of the new season.
The embargoes limit a club's ability to make signings, with sanctions preventing transfer fees being paid.
Fleetwood Town and Gillingham from League One have also been sanctioned.
Swindon Town, already struggling with off-field issues, plus Oldham Athletic and Scunthorpe United are the three League Two teams under embargoes.
The EFL have started publishing a list of clubs under embargoes following a change in regulations voted for by EFL clubs last month.
Derby's embargo continues
Having avoided relegation from the Championship on the final day of season and then again when the EFL decided not to appeal against a decision to only fine the club rather than deduct points for their accounting policies, confirmation of the embargo is a blow to Rams boss Wayne Rooney in terms of building a squad to challenge in 2021-22.
Derby's on-going embargo will continue as the EFL states they have failed to comply with the following conditions:
Regulation 16.2 - Failure to provide audited annual accounts
Regulation 16.3 - Annual accounts not filed with Companies House
Regulation 17 - Default in payments to Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs
Regulation 51.2.3 - Default in paying transfer fee instalments
Profit and Sustainability Rules - non-submission of audited accounts
The club has until 18 August to fulfil the EFL's requirements to resubmit their accounts for 2016, 2017 and 2018 in the 'normal' way, knowing they will be charged if they breach profit and sustainability rules again.
In addition, the clearing up of their recent dispute with the EFL, which saw them fined £100,000, now means they can submit subsequent accounts which had been delayed because of that case.
Embargo adds further complications to struggling Swindon
At the opposite end of the EFL, Swindon, who are in the midst of an ownership wrangle the EFL described as "concerning" and have just seven first-team players, have also been placed under an embargo for several factors:
Regulation 16.2 - Failure to provide audited annual accounts
Regulation 16.3 - Annual accounts not filed with Companies House
Regulation 17 - Defaults in payments to HMRC
Article 48 - Non-payment to Football Creditors
Rule 10.1 of League Two Salary Cap Management Protocol - Failure to submit SCMP Calculation
Conditions under monitored loan agreement
The embargo is a further complication of a troubled summer for Swindon, who were relegated from League One last season after winning the League Two title the previous campaign.
The Robins are currently without a manager after John McGreal left after less than a month in charge, BBC Radio Wiltshire reported that the players and staff have not been paid for June and the club is also facing legal action by Swindon Borough Council over unpaid rent at the County Ground.
Profit and sustainability rules affect Reading
Reading are deemed to have breached profit and sustainability rules, while Hull's embargo is based on "conditions under monitored loan agreement", thought to be related to a previous transfer, as is that applied to Fleetwood, Oldham and Scunthorpe.
Sheffield Wednesday have been released from their previous embargo, following relegation to League One.
What do the embargoes mean for signing players?
Under the EFL's operational rules surrounding embargoes, clubs do have some means of strengthening their squads "to protect the integrity" of the competition.
Clubs are permitted to 'staff up' so they have 23 players of professional standing, which is termed as players to have made at least one appearance for any club in any first-team competition.
If they have less than 23 players they are allowed, within a transfer window, to sign free agents on a maximum of one-year deals or bring in players on loan for up to half a season.
However, clubs cannot pay loan fees for players and cannot pay additional wages on top of the salary the player receives at their parent club.
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
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EFL: Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday both escape points deductions
Derby County and Sheffield Wednesday will start next season on the same points mark as all their rivals after receiving suspended points deductions.
Assuming they comply with EFL rules on the payment of their players, both will escape any immediate points penalties.
Championship side Derby have accepted a suspended three-point penalty, to be implemented only if the club fail to pay their players before 30 June 2022.
Relegated League One Wednesday accepted a suspended six-point deduction.
This will only come into effect if the club do not pay in full the arrears owed to the players on or before 5 July 2021 and/or they fail to pay their players before 30 June 2022.
It is understood that these arrears have now been paid.
If Wednesday pay their players up until 31 December 2021, the sanction will be reduced to a suspended three-point deduction.
Both cases refer to last season's Championship, in which Wednesday began the season under a 12-point deduction, later halved to six, before being relegated by three points, while Wayne Rooney's Derby stayed up on the final day thanks to nearest rivals Rotherham shipping a late equaliser at Cardiff.
An EFL statement said: "In December 2020, Derby County failed to pay their players as per the terms of the agreements between the club and its players and were charged with misconduct under the EFL regulations.
"In the months of March 2021, April 2021, May 2021 and June 2021, Sheffield Wednesday failed to pay their players as per the terms of the agreements between the club and its players and were charged with misconduct under the EFL."
Derby have endured a turbulent few weeks, having been hit with a £100,000 fine last month for breaching rules relating to financial fair play.
There was also uncertainty over which league the Rams would be playing in next season after the EFL announced an "interchangeable fixture list". But the EFL decided not to implement the decision to deduct points.
The club are also in the midst of a potential takeover as current owner Mel Morris looks to sell, having seen two potential deals fall through in the past few months.
Sheffield Wednesday begin the 2021-22 season on Sunday 1 August with an EFL Cup tie against local rivals Huddersfield Town.
Derby also start the new campaign at home to Huddersfield in the Championship a week later on 7 August, when Wednesday begin their League One campaign at Charlton.
‘Where there is harmony, may we bring discord. Where there is truth, may we bring error. Where there is faith, may we bring doubt. And where there is hope, may we bring despair’
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