Given all the inward transfer activity, seems that the new owners fancy their lawyers over the EFL's when it comes to FFP!!!
To paraphrase what the great man said "would you want to bet against them?"
And that is our get out jail free card.The figures for the 2015-16 period show that with an operating loss of £81.3m. Which is were our "£40m FFP hole" comes from. However, the club’s statement states losses of £79.6m due to “exceptional items” for “for the impairment of tangible fixed assets and intangible assets”.As the BBC has stated, (as in Appendix D of the EFL FFP rules) these don't count!
The figures for the 2015-16 period show that with an operating loss of £81.3m. Which is were our "£40m FFP hole" comes from.
Record TV rights deal saw gap from Premier League to EFL widen to £133m in first year.
There is no way our very rich business men would have even blinked in our direction if they had not had a team of experts looking into every financial nook and crannie and ways to not incur any penalties with FFP. Men like this amass this sort of wealth not by fortune but by managing detail.It did not take long for the EFL team to speak with them, listen to thier plan and ratify the deal.It may still take a while to have full financial support from them but I'm sure it is already being planned for