Burnley had space in their P&S to spend more money than they did. Surely we can just point out that as being as clear a causation for their relegation us “overspending” by 19 mil. They can’t moan about being outspent against the rules if they didn’t spend to their maximum?
And the whole argument falls apart if spending more money is classed as unfair sporting advantage, when you consider about 13 or more clubs have outspent Everton over the period in question?
And like others have pointed out, it burnley can sue us, we can sue city for missing out on European prize money for years. It’s a can of worms they won’t want to open.