I am in need, as I imagine are many others, of an executive type summary of FFP and our beloved clubs involvement in it up to the present day. Can the experts have a look and see if my brief summary is about right please................
Once upon a time there were a few 'special' clubs dotted around Europe, known at the 'royals' who monopolised most trophies. They grew so strong, the G14, that they wanted to take over UEFA. UEFA panicked and invited the 'royals' onto their inner committees and governance and the G14 went like a spectre, into the shadows.
When the prince of Russia made Chelsea his home the 'royals', now known as UEFA panicked. Their lord, Platini the watchmaker, took up the cry from the 'royals' to stop them from taking the money and the cups from the rightful ones. We will call it FFP he said, or inside the UEFA castle, we will call it the cartel protector. However, he was too late and Chelski won lots and prospered.
Now, time passed and the rightful ones, through shoddy corporate management and a bit of corruption started to lose a few games so their panic took on monumental proportions when another unworthy team started to build. Enough is enough, the 'royalty' in the UEFA corridors shouted. If another team start eating into our cake we will starve, particularly as we are not as good at football anymore. We must stop them. The watchmaker exclaimed that we have the tools and we will cut of their pesky heads.
However, when the new lot sent in their records to beat FFP the 'royalty' in the Nyon keep saw it and cried that they have beaten us; change the rules quickly said the watchmaker.
The new ones knew they were ambushed but took their pinch and moved on. Many years later the new ones thought they had shown the world how to run a beautiful club for the beautiful game. BUT NO. Spectre was not happy. The Arse, the Rags, Real Mad, the beer drinkers and the Scouse ones demanded action as they didn't win anything anymore and that was not good for the sky people or the happiness of the world.
'We need a hacker' they spat and the Scouse ones got caught so they needed a new one. The geeky one was found in Ronaldo land and he was really really good for a bit. And he found 6 million emails from the City boys and a really good reporter from penalty taker land got his glue out and put a couple together which showed that the City boys did nothing wrong.
Ban them anyway said Spectre and they were banned and everyone celebrated that the 'royals' are back and even the 6 fingered ones and the barcoded ones sent a letter of congratulations to the Nyon keep.
But no. The City boys said stop. We are innocent and we will prove it. So the angels of Eastlands got on their trusty steeds and went to the place of clocks and won the day.
The holy ones of Eastlands are free and Spectre is weaker, for now.
