be hampered by lack of elbow room

[angelsrolls]

Hello,

Can you please check the following sentence I invented and see if it is a correct and meaningful English utterance?

With only a few days to the end of the transfer period, the move of the player was hampered by lack of elbow room.

 

[Tdol]

What do you mean by elbow room?

 

[angelsrolls]

Opportunity to move or decide freely.

 

[emsr2d2]

What was hampering his opportunity to move or to decide freely?

 

[teechar]

With only a few days left before [STRIKE]to[/STRIKE] the end of the transfer period, the move [STRIKE]of the player[/STRIKE] was hampered by lack of elbow room.

That's possible, but I also would like to hear the answers to Tdol's and emsr2d2's questions above.

 

[angelsrolls]

I just wanted to say that due to a limited amount of time, an environment promotive to finalize the transfer of the player failed to be created.

 

[Tdol]

Room for manoeuvre/maneuver might work there.