No transfer embargo for City
25 Jun 2008 - 16:34:55
Chester City have been told by the Football League that they are not operating under a transfer embargo.
Last week the Professional Footballers' Association issued a statement on their website indicating that City had not been paying their players, an accusation that annoyed club officials.
A relieved club owner Stephen Vaughan said of the meeting: "We had a very frank and open discussion, and the League's officials were receptive of our stance.
"It has been extremely well documented that we have a dispute with two of our players (Tony Dinning and Paul Butler). Our stance is that they've acted outside the remit of their contracts and the situation is in the hands of our legal people.
"Unlike a lot of clubs we don't have any footballing debtors, the players we've released are to be paid in full on the due dates, and the loan from the PFA which was received following my resignation as a director, is to be paid from our basic award payment from the League, as previously agreed.
"We've been told that we're not embargoed as was stated by the PFA and, as such, we are free to bring in players within the current wage capping rules that apply to all clubs in our division."
