Burnley, the runaway Championship leaders, have been placed under a transfer embargo.
The Lancashire side sit 13 points clear at the top of the table and look assured of an immediate return to the Premier League. The club has claimed in a statement that the situation should be quickly resolved.
Burnley blamed the late submission of their accounts, because of a change in auditor, for the sanction imposed by the EFL. A statement on the club website read: “We would like to share with our supporters the disappointing news that the EFL are placing the club under an immediate transfer embargo.
