BLACKBURN Rovers will get the chance to have their transfer embargo lifted at the end of the season.

Rovers, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest will not be able to sign players for fees until the summer at least.

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But that will change if they prove their accounts for this season will show a maximum loss of £6m.

A Football League statement read: “An initial analysis of Financial Fair Play submissions from the current 24 Championship clubs has indicated that three clubs – Blackburn Rovers, Leeds United and Nottingham Forest – have failed to meet the Fair Play Requirement under the division’s Financial Fair Play rules.

“Consequently, all three will be subject to an ‘FFP embargo’ under Football League regulations from January 1, 2015 for the remainder of the current campaign.

“Blackburn, Leeds and Forest all exceeded the maximum permitted deviation of £8m – consisting of a maximum adjusted operating loss of £3m plus a further maximum of £5m of shareholder investment – during the 2013-14 playing season.

“Each club will have the opportunity to have its FFP embargo lifted at the end of the season by demonstrating that it has stayed within the maximum permitted deviation of £6m (£3m operating loss plus £3m shareholder investment) for the 2014-15 season.”

The maximum permitted loss for next season in the Championship will rise to £13m after changes were made to FFP rules last month.