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At those levels of spending (over the THREE YEAR period of measurement) we couldn't have stayed within the rules. Had we not gone up we'd have had to sell a couple of prized assets to comply. Which would have been inevitable because they'd have left anyway. The sale of Dunk alone would have...

It doesn't. Plenty of clubs spend big money on crap players. 1. Callum Wilson? Expensive new deal to retain Ritchie? etc. Even if you signed players who made little or no contribution, how is that relevant in any way? You still had to pay them. 2. Even before that season you were known to be...

Christ on a ****ing stick. You BROKE the rules of the competition that YOU were playing in, and got promoted at other teams' expense. That some other teams spent more, and in the process didn't break the rules because their competition was different, is completely irrelevant. :dunce:

It is for one that turns 35 in a few months, yes.

Try all you like to justify it with your 'whatabouting', but there is a big difference between 'unfair' as in inequitable (some clubs have more money than others :shrug: ) and 'unfair' as in BREAKING the rules of the competition, that YOU agreed to in order to compete. One is cheating, the...

38m spent which they could fund through income (inc. parachute payments). Different scenario, entirely, in that respect.

Ah, you see - you're being a bit of a knob now. First, you've clearly not seen our academy facilities, and (understandably) have no clue as to the enormous scope of the club's community work. Those numbers are all above board, all fully signed off, and (once again) utterly irrelevant to FFP...

Sorry - edit to this, as I see young Jermain also expects a £6m signing-on fee... TWENTY THREE MILLION POUNDS #Eddie'sMiracle

SEVEN TEEN MILLION POUNDS. #Eddie'sMiracle

He would be a prime example of Eddie NOT spending well. Bought for £4m, sat on the bench and sold at a loss.

Not because he just wanted to play some matches, and fancied linking up with his best mate Afobe?

Other than a couple of loans (Wilshere, Ake) what 'decent players' have they actually attracted? Genuine question, as it seems (to me at least) that their modest Premier League success has been based largely around the players that got them out of League One (Cook, Arter, Ritchie, Daniels...

Show me the SR link, please. There is nothing remotely 'creative' about not counting academy and community expenditure in the FFP calculations - they are simply not relevant in any way, whatsoever. And disregarding the 'stunt' comment, we're 100% confident that we were not in breach of FFP...