Quote Originally Posted by World's End Stella View Post
I'm always surprised when people denigrate FFP as though it never existed.

I distinctly remember City being fined a rather large amount of money and both Chelsea and City openly admitting they were unable to sign players because of FFP.

Perhaps my memory is failing me
I think it's more that it never had any real credibility; why would UEFA be against all that lovely new money pouring into the game.