Cardiff City have been placed under a transfer embargo in a significant blow which means they now cannot sign players in the January window.
However the club say they are locked in talks with various parties in a bid to resolve the issue and are 'confident' the matter can be sorted.
The transfer ban comes after the Court of Arbitration for Sport in August dismissed Cardiff's appeal over paying Nantes FC the first instalment of the Emiliano Sala transfer fee, equating to £5.1million plus interest, after it was determined that the player's transfer from Nantes had been completed before his tragic death in January 2019.