www.thesun.co.uk
If we did we can't even do that properly
Maybe we cheated to get relegated
Well it must be true because it’s in the Stun
Not signing Sensi for £3m may have indicated that things were tight.
But you can bet it will be after they’ve hammered little Leicester
No, it averages at 35m a year (they are just dividing 105 by 3). You are allowed to make losses of £15m a year without having to worry about anything or provide any more info to prove you ain't going bust. (*edit: In the PL, figures reduce in the EFL).
Of course but you don't think that the £92m loss in 2021/22 & the events of last season (from the lack of any incoming players until Fofana was sold all the way through to the sale of Maddison before the hastily adjusted end of fiscal year) hinted that we were sailing close to the wind for the 3 years ending in June 2023?
Daggers asked how our rivals knew of our financial position, just pointing out that the Sensi decision must have finally made it obvious to everyone.
Yeah and my point was that there have been enough signs over the course of the last 18 months that in all likelihood we've been operating on the bubble. I would say that the supposed rivals (whichever clubs they are and whatever the relationship to them the sources are) and/or The Sun are just taking a guess that we've fallen the wrong side of the rules based on what is out there in the same way that Leeds & Burnley did with Everton in 2021/22. As with that situation they might be right... but they might not be. What would be really messy is if we did exceed the limit last season by less than around £3m and Everton and/or Forest own guilt was confirmed then not only relegated but breaking the rules because of being relegated!
Yes we received a decent amount of money in profit from those 3 (even taking into account the sell ons in two of those cases). I think Fofana & Maddison are in last year's accounts (to be published soon) and Barnes this but with the exception of Schmeichel and to a lesser extent Fofana (well, & Rodgers but too late in the day - and wouldn't it be a grim irony if it is the payoff to him that sent us over the FFP edge) we didn't lose any high earners off the books last season (and we no doubt spent their wages on those for Faes, Kristiansen, Tete & Soutter). We had already made it clear right at the start of the season (to Rodger's chagrin) that we couldn't spend unless someone went (and only then reluctantly such was the impact of 2021/22). And whilst we undoubtedly had much reduced bonus payments compared to the previous season, that would be more than balanced by the drop in turnover from the previous season.
To be fair, I'd say the club have consistently demonstrated that this is their thinking in terms of the profile of most of their player purchases. They just have proved to be very poor judges at times of what makes a good "car".
The decline started Congerton was employed.
Islam slimani.
Give it a year or two, and then check Serie B....
