mikeyjh
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Is this allowed under FFP?
Surely the ground has been sold for double its worth, now that's a good bit of business. But a sponsor or director can only pay into a club the true value of an item. For instance, sponsorship of the shirts. The FA already have a guide price (let's say £1million) and so Derby cant 'sell' sponsorship for £10million just to get money laundered into the club.
I believe Man City are in trouble over this at the moment.
It's been signed off by the EFL so one would assume so - It's £80m 'independent valuation' vs £40m on the club's books that has allowed the 'profit' to be recorded.