Snowflake Royal I suspect there are a fair few free bargains out there now, more than ever, as clubs don't renew contracts due to covid finances
The issue is that if we are restricted to 1 year contracts younger players will most likely look elsewhere.
I seem to remember that when Forest were under a similar embargo, they could only sign free transfers and have a squad of 23 players (not including academy) and from once they hit 23, it had to be on a one out, one in basis with the players coming in being on less money than the player going out.
To be honest, I think that's a better way of managing FFP than just dishing out fines and points deductions. It maintains a level of competitiveness but forces the club to actually address the fundamental issue of their overspend.
I'm pretty sure the only clubs who've actually been deducted points under FFP are Birmingham, who lied about the terms of a deal and Wednesday who made false declarations on their accounts. And that's why I think Derby are fcuked and we were never seriously in danger of getting a points deduction.