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Ebbsfleet United are able to register players again with the National League after paying their tax bill.
It means midfielder Michael Timlin can finally play for the Fleet – nearly a month after they signed him.
Timlin was due to feature at Torquay last month but the National League put the Fleet under a transfer embargo due to an unpaid bill.
That debt has now been settled and it means Timlin can feature in next weekend’s National League clash at Chesterfield.
A club statement said: “Michael Timlin is officially available from Monday when his registration will be completed with the National League.”
On midfielder Timlin, Ebbsfleet boss Kevin Watson said: “Michael Timlin will be available which is brilliant.
“He has trained superbly, he is a leader, a winner. He’s played loads of games and will be good for us.
“He’ll probably need a couple of games to get up to speed because he’s not played for a while but his enthusiasm and willingness to listen and be around the lads and lend his help and advice has been invaluable.”
The news come hot on the heels of Fleet appointing the vastly-experienced Damian Irvine as their new chief executive, replacing Dave Archer who left the club at the start of the month.
Irvine has already made a good impression on the Fleet boss.
“We met him (on Friday),” said Watson. “He came to the training ground, I don’t think he was going to speak to the lads (but he did). He is a nice guy, we had a good chat and he’ll be good.
“He’s got a great CV, he knows what he’s doing. We’re in good hands with him.
“From the chat I had with him, which was about 15 minutes long, and how he addressed everybody, we’ll be okay.
“It’s been a tough time for the club, right from the start of the season when Garry Hill hardly had a squad before the first game. We’re all embracing it and we’re giving it our best shot.
“I will not have any talk of the word relegation because I still firmly believe that this club will stay up.
“There will be people that disagree because of the situation we’re in but that’s why the game is all about opinion.
“There’s not one person in our dressing room – player or staff – that believes we are done, because we’re not.”
