I see Stoke have slashed Butland's asking price down to £8-10m.
Gambled, kept hold...and failed and now in danger of failing FFP?
Meanwhile, expanding the Stoke FFP question marks.
In other FFP related news, read- perhaps it was reiterated- that Reading owner is refusing to sell Swift- they've got to be either really close to having failed or having failed in any case surely.
Are the EFL working with them quietly, maybe enabling them to backdate sales as Howe is on the board and they don't want the embarrassment of yet another club with a board member having failed? Their two years leading into 2019/2020 were appalling financially speaking. Mind you, that didn't stop them from charging Derby! They- ie Reading- were under a soft embargo until late June 2019 so clearly on the edge of it then!
That idea of EFL quietly working with, is pure idle throwaway speculation- but it seems odd that they are still complying- or at least haven't been charged.