Abramovich has spent almost $440 million on player transfers since buying Chelsea in the summer of 2003.

The 28 day period also stopped any player transfers from occurring.

During player transfers, both users are requested to make a bid.

And it can't provide athletics aid in the first academic year if the player transfers without that consent.

Progress had been reported in negotiations with the players union, with the major issues reportedly player transfer and guaranteed contacts.

This might help explain why the Big East has recently had one of the nation's highest rates of player transfers.

His shift to Carlton remains one of the biggest player transfers in the game's history.

We stated that investments in player transfers alone amounted to £138m.

The company has partially or fully financed the following player transfers:

The club's accounting policy is to deal with expenditure and receipts for player transfers through the p&l account.