Presumably if Everton get away with this, every other club will be able to re-state their P&S accounts - thus creating much more headroom to go out and spend this summer?
Following that link was fascinating! Everton really are a financial basket case. They say they are OK from an FFP perspective, as they've lumped a whole load of stuff into the "Covid" pot (which theoretically gets ignored for FFP purposes). But Everton's definition of Covid-related costs is...