This gets right to the question of what the rules are there for.
If they’re there to make clubs ‘sustainable’, then getting an extra £17m by waiting 9 weeks should be allowed (for Johnson, and for Richarlison too)
if the rules are for some other reason (eg stop 14 clubs being competitive) then we should have sold him earlier
Get in the bin with this utter bollocks.
The rules are to ensure clubs aren't losing more than a given amount of money over rolling three year periods. In order to comply you would have had to sell him within that established time period. You chose not to.
How far down the line from the accounting cut off do Forest fans consider fair? If you could wait until next year and he adds 20 mil to his value should that count against the previous years accounts? Obviously it shouldn't and that's as nonsensical as the arguments over the Johnson sale.
The time for solidarity was when we needed a hand, you've been treated with kid gloves by comparison to us so don't look for any comradery from me. I'd bet not a single one of you forest fans lost any sleep over our first deduction. I'm not losing any over yours.