FA Premiership (EPL) Transfer Regulations

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A summary of the transfer regulations imposed on English Premiership soccer (English football) teams (Season 2005/06). The Premiership is also known as the EPL or the FA Premier League. It is the top division of English League football.

Transfer Regulations

Current - Season 2005/06

Premiership clubs are only able to transfer players on a permanent basis during two periods in the year, known as 'Transfer Windows'.

These are:
- From the end of the playing season to 1700h BST 31st August.
- 1st to 31st January (or to the Monday 2nd February if the 31st January is a Saturday)

Outside these 'windows', Premiership clubs can only sign players on a permanent basis if they seek special dispensation from the FA (Football Association). This dispensation is typically only granted for exceptional circumstances - mainly if a team has no goalkeeper available to play in their squad.

Players can be loaned out to non-Premiership clubs outside of the 'windows', but cannot bring in loan players. Again the special dispensation for exceptional circumstances is available.

For all last-day signings completed by 1700h BST, paperwork must be completed by midnight.

Transfer Deadline Day News - 31st January 2006

All the latest deals as they are announced from the BBC website! Updated every 30 minutes!

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Most Expensive Player Transfers in English Football - up to end 2004

From FootballEconomy.com

1. Rio Ferdinand (Leeds to Man Utd) GBP30.0m

2. Juan Sebastian Veron (Lazio to Man Utd) GBP28.1m

3. Didier Drogba (Marseille to Chelsea) GBP24.0m

4. Ruud Van Nistelrooy (PSV Eindhoven to Man Utd) GBP19.0m

5. Wayne Rooney* (Everton to Man Utd) GBP20.0m

6. Rio Ferdinand (West Ham to Leeds) GBP18.0m

7. Damien Duff (Blackburn Rovers to Chelsea) GBP17.0m

8. Hernan Crespo (Inter Milan to Chelsea) GBP16.8m

9. Ricardo Carvalho** (Porto to Chelsea) GBP16.5m

10. Adrian Mutu (Parma to Chelsea) GBP15.8m

11. Jimmy Floyd Hasselbank (Atletico Madrid to Chelsea) GBP15.0m

12. Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers to Newcastle Utd) GBP15.0m

13. Juan Sebastian Veron (Man Utd to Chelsea) GBP15.0m

14. Djibril Cisse (Auxerre to Liverpool) GBP14.0m

Note: * Rising to GBP27 million with bonus clauses, ** Rising to GBP19.85 million with bonus clauses

Transfer News

Latest Premiership transfer news and rumours from around the BBC.

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Useful links

BBC SPORT | Football: Visit BBC Sport for all the action as it happens - up-to-the-minute news, results, breaking news, video, audio and feature stories. BBC Sport covers the major events and all the professional football clubs in the UK, plus cricket, rugby, golf, tennis, motorsport and all the main world sports.
Home of the FA Premier League: Home of the FA Premier League aka Barclays Premiership aka EPL.
ESPNsoccernet.com - The World's Site for the World Game: soccernet.com brings you the best football coverage from the English Premiership and around the world.
EPL Talk: Great site for news, rumours, stats and links, great for both non-Brits and Brits alike!
Guardian Unlimited Football | Special Reports: Various reports on specialist topics or trivia that will expand your knowledge of the beautiful game! Includes transfer trivia.

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