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TRANSFER EMBARGO FINALLY LIFTED
TEMPORARY LAWS APPLY?

The Soccer All Stars Executive Board have finally announced the news that every SAS manager has been waiting to hear.  The transfer embargo will be lifted, allowing SAS club's to make transfers between other SAS club's once again from the 18th of December 2000.

Club's have so far been banned from purchasing players for a long period of time, seeing chances of bringing talent from abroad, or from current Soccer All Stars clubs brought to a halt.

Just a week ago, many clubs were dreaming of multi-million pound signings, and huge player-exchange deals that would bring in the talent they needed to establish themselves as dominant forces throughout the league.  In fact, it's believed that potentially up to 100 pre-arranged deals had been verbally agreed amongst the 24 clubs currently in the league.

However, it's thought that the estimated 100 pre-arranged deals have been slashed by at least 50% with the announcement just a few days ago that player wages and signing-on-fee's would take an active effect from next season.  Many clubs have stated that the news has brought a change about in their plans, and subsequently they've called off many of their proposed moves.

Even the likes of giants Manchester United, have had to pull out of deals, due to the changes made.  Mr. CJS, who has the likes of Roy Keane picking up around £50,000 per week, will have to think deeply about which players he brings into the club, and which players go.  It's been long known that he has wanted a clear-out at Old Trafford, but with all the current changes cropping up, even the Red Devils are scared into blowing their budget.

The current transfer system has also seen some changes.  The full changes are as follows:

Player Exchanges Club's can use up to a maximum but no more than two players in any exchange deal.  The following maximum combinations can be used; 1 player in & 1 player out, 2 players in or 2 players out. It has put an end to the crazy days when six or so players were moving clubs in huge exchange deals; showing clear signs that club's are already cash strapped as it is. Stipulations & Clauses All contract stipulations and clauses have been removed.  Club's can no longer offer cash after a certain amount of appearances, ask for a set percentage in any future sell on and any other type of clause. Loans The loan signings have taken a drastic change.  A club can loan a player out of the club for a minimum of three games, and a maximum of five games.  Club's can only loan the same player to the same club once throughout the rest of the season. It will spell the end of the days where club's were loaning players out for the entire season, or loaning a player out to a specific club and calling them back temporarily for important fixtures before sending them back out on loan.

The changes are to take immediate effect, with the new laws applying to all current deals and loan deals.  It's thought that some of these laws, if not all, will establish themselves in part of next season's shake up.

Soccer All Stars Executive Board member ScreamKing said: "Some of these changes may be permanent, whilst others are just temporary to prepare ourselves for the changes in place.  We are all delighted with the current setup, and hopefully the current clubs will enjoy the benefits too."

The changes have already meant that managers will have to think slightly more about what they want from their team and who should stay and who should go.  It's believed these changes, although subtle, will have a good effect on the managers decisions.  Wising them up for the future has been one of the plans from the SAS Executive Board.

Speaking about next season's changes.  ScreamKing was optimistic that the future was still a bright one.  He said:  "We've made some good progress over the past few days.   In fact, I am surprised the media have yet to pick up on any stories.  We are still locked in negotiations with several potential backers, and different types of routes that can allow us to tackle this problem properly."

The Development Director also stated that they announced the introduction of player wages far earlier than anyone could have anticipated.  He said:  "I thought that it was absolutely vital that managers and club's were aware of the changes ahead.  Some people have criticised us for a lack of communication, but in reality we have offered them this news at the first chance to prepare them for it.  I am certain that had this league still been under other guidance, these new problems would not have been made public until Season Three was very close by."

However, despite the announcement that transfers would be allowed again, ScreamKing did state that transfers would only be allowed to be made for a set period of time.  He said:  "It's possible that transfers will only be conducted for a short period of time.  We are trying to balance everything, and hopefully we can find a suitable arrangement."

It's thought that if another embargo is placed upon the SAS league, it will open up opportunities for the Transfer Market and Transfer Window.  It's thought that clubs will get the opportunity to purchase talent from lower leagues or abroad, and be able to offload players too.  With eight new clubs joining the SAS league for Season Three, they'll certainly be some teams from the lower leagues interested in SAS quality players.