Norwood going will have no bearing on our ability to sign a player in January. A) we are a Premier League club any transfer fee we recoup for him will be a mere drop in the PL money ocean. B)He isn't part of the 25 man squad so selling him doesn't free up a spot in the squad.
It was confirmed...
No, because it is still a loan deal until the transfer window opens again for permanent deals.
It's just an agreement between the two clubs that the deal will become permanent when the window opens, it protects both the selling club against the buyer pulling out, and the buying club against...
Clubs can still sell to countries where the transfer window is still open. There is nothing stopping a club selling a player at any time outside of their domestic transfer window, only the buying club need to worry about if the window is open or not.
It's not circumventing any rules, the EFL...