I do have slight concerns about us. We've spent an absolute fortune in fees and wages over the last 3-4 years with very little in comings since Bamford and Traore sales. Then again I simply can't believe Gibson would go after Derby and be so vocal about FFP if our books weren't in order.
you'd hope so. Plus signings are amortised. So this next set of accounts instantly loses 1/4 of Britts transfer fee and a year wages, and next year half of it. So this year is 3.75m of his wages gone, and 2..25m in wages. So 6m off the FFP calculation instantly. That's just Britt, you can add in the other players signed 4 years ago:
Randolph - 5m fee and 2.5m wages - amortised is 1.25 fee + 2.5m = 3.75 off ffp this year
Britt - 15m fee and 2.25m wages - 3.75m + 2.25m = 6m
Fletcher - 6.5m fee and 1m wages - 1.6m + 1m = 2.6m
Howson - 5m fee and 1.25m wages - 1.25m + 1.25m = 2.5m
Braithwaite - 9m fee and 2m wages - 2.25m + 2m = 4.25m
Shotton - 1m wages - 1m
Johnson - 2m fee and 1m wages - 5ook + 1m = 2.5m
That's 21.4m-ish disappearing off our FFP calc. OK we've signed some players and paid a few fees, but they are much smaller. Next season of course, another 21.4m will come off our FFP.
What this shows is just how much we invested and just how badly we performed in those Monk/Pulis years.
If the Bamford, Gibson, Traore money was delivered over 4 years, then our FFP income will not drop until next season, but then the Braithwaite, Randolph, Saville, Morsy (and potentially others) will fill some of that gap.
Still seems to be some cost cutting to do, but you would hope we are not in danger of ffp