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I'm not sure the £500m thing is true. I have a feeling that's going back to a £400m figure being popularly "reported" before the stadium was open.We're in over a £500m positive position with FFP. If managing it well for over a decade doesn't allow you to progress on the pitch, what's the point? At some stage it just becomes an excuse rather than a reason. At least we won't "do a Leeds"
The club has posted a loss in the last two years (£80m and £50m I believe) and since FFP is all about financials over a 3 year period, I very much doubt we could spend £500m on players and "be fine for FFP", which is what you seem to be suggesting.
I know there is some nuance into the types of spending that contribute to FFP, but even if we take a fairly cynical view of things I doubt a figure of £500m comes close to being accurate. If somebody does have firm numbers to demonstrate that £500m I'm happy to be wrong.