Did no one at the club think to speak with the FA to check that they would be ratified? I think any club who are in the process of being taken over would think "might be worth asking the question".
Anyway lets hope we can get them all here when the loan market opens or when this takeover is complete as maybe then the FA will sign-off on them. Hopefully we've not pissed off Charlton and Cheltenham.
Would you have preferred it if they had sat back and said, "Oh well, the FL won't sanction any deals so lets not even try". If they had done that, the chances are that all three players would have gone to other clubs and we would have lost them completely.
This way, at least 'all our ducks are in a row' (thanks for that one PaulD) and we're all set to hopefully sign them next week. The Club may have even known or at least suspected they wouldn't be approved but, IMO have done the right thing and pushed ahead.
