JayStringer
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This is two fold as well due to some rotten timing and luck.
Our agreement to break even is separate to the UEFA break even FFP rules, which have since been relaxed to account for Covid.
So while other clubs are continuing to spend heavily despite big losses due to Covid, we are still handcuffed by the agreement we reached as part of our punishment for breaching UEFA FFP in our European season.
This season is a one-off opportunity for wealthy owners to inject capital into a club, due to the relaxation of the rules. We will not be able to because of the separate rules we have.
Surely there must be some sort of legal challenge to enable relaxation of our separate agreement too?!
TBH I'm quietly confident that FFP is going to be radically changed or relaxed by next summer anyway. So Fosun will have more chance to invest if they wish to. Though the question of whether other clubs will have overtaken us too much by investing now is a valid concern.