Quote Originally Posted by shedboy87 View Post
"Currently, under the FIFA Transfer Regulations, a football player is only allowed to be registered with a maximum of three clubs in one season. This also applies regardless of what country that player has plied his trade in, whether that is in Europe, Africa or South America.

During this period, the player is only eligible to play official matches for two clubs. However, a player may be eligible to play in official matches for a third club during the relevant season if he has moved between two clubs belonging to associations with overlapping seasons (ie, start of the season in summer/autumn as opposed to winter/spring). This is only allowed if he has fully complied with his contractual obligations towards his previous clubs."
That rules out a loan then doesn't it? This would mean that if he'd been loaned to a Scandinavian Club for example, playing a summer season, then he could have then moved to another Club on completion of said season. However Scotland and England play concurrent seasons, not overlapping.