I'm no cynic said:
So now we see the real punishment behind FFP. Someone had to go to satisfy our 21 player squad, and the wantaway Negredo was the one to be sacrificed. Without this he or another player instead would have had to be left out with the risk of causing disunity behind the scenes. This ruling has hit us hard, we can see it all for ourselves, and it was designed to prevent us going beyond the group stages with the resulting failure to cash in on what may have otherwise been a bonanza.
That's not strictly true.
UEFA cut the number of home-grown players we were required to gave in the squad; the number of non-home-grown was not affected.
Therefore, one of them would still have had to be sacrificed.
I do agree that FFPR us a fucking disgrace, aimed at maintaining the status quo and preventing other clubs doing what we, Chelsea, PSG and Monaco have done.
Pathetic!