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Loan system changes explained
- Updated: July 29, 2016
The 2016/17 season is upon us and the start of radical alterations to the loan system have come into force. But what do these changes mean for clubs up and down the country? With the help of Sky Sports Football League expert Ian Holloway, Jack Wilkinson examines…
World football’s governing body FIFA has scrapped the emergency loan window in a bid to protect the “sporting integrity of competitions”, with these measures affecting English football at the start of the upcoming season.
Until now, emergency loans had allowed clubs in the Football and National Leagues to sign players on deals ranging between 28 and 93 days in two periods outside of the regular transfer windows.
The new proposal, however, means clubs are no longer permitted to do so, severing what has rapidly become a vital tool for clubs and players up and down the country.
While this means transfer fanatics will have to do without the thrill of an unexpected signing outside of the allotted windows, the implications for clubs, particularly those further down the football pyramid, are more concerning.
Those who were most active in the emergency loan market tended to be so by necessity. Small squads and small budgets meant clubs lower down required a back-up option when injuries or suspensions struck.
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