That's what I'm thinking. Possible the club know they've done something wrong and fear / expect a transfer ban
As others have said in the past, if we get a transfer ban it will be pushed back to at least January.
They've set a precedent with Atletico, Real and Barca where they can't punish you while the appeal is ongoing, so if they gave us a ban today, we'd be able to kill 6 months just with an appeal.
If that were to happen though...I imagine the spending this summer would only go up as we stocked up in preparation of having no one next summer.