Rovers hit with transfer embargo

BLACKBURN Rovers have been hit with a January transfer embargo for failing to adhere to Financial Fair Play rules.

The Championship club has been singled out along with with Nottingham Forest and Leeds United.

It means they will not be able to sign any more players this season.

The Football League said the clubs had all exceeded the maximum permitted “deviation” of £8m, consisting of the maximum operating loss of £3m and the total shareholder investment of £5m.

They will now have to stay within a deviation of below £6m in order to ensure the embargo is lifted at the end of the current campaign.

A Football League statement said: “An initial analysis of Financial Fair Play submissions from the current 24 Championship clubs has indicated that three clubs – Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest – have failed to meet the Fair Play Requirement under the division’s Financial Fair Play rules.

“Consequently, all three will be subject to an ‘FFP embargo’ under Football League regulations from January 1, 2015 for the remainder of the current campaign.

“The Football League is currently in discussions with a number of other clubs over their FFP submissions and will confirm any further FFP embargoes, if any, in due course. It will also now consider submissions from the three clubs promoted to the Premier League and the three clubs relegated to League 1 at the end of the 2013/14 season.”