The January transfer window has opened, but for Cardiff City it's a little bit different this time around.
OK, that might be understating it. It's a lot different. With the Bluebirds placed under a transfer embargo, trading in this window will be impossible unless the ban is lifted before the end of the month.
Under EFL rules, clubs are afforded the leniency to "staff up" to 23 players, which, it was initially thought, the Bluebirds would be able to do. However, WalesOnline understands that the transfer embargo has been imposed by FIFA, which supersedes the EFL ban, which renders the prospect of bringing players in impossible.
