Nottingham Forest are expected to learn on Monday if they will be hit with a points deduction for breaching spending limits.
Since they returned to the Premier League, 42 players have arrived at the City Ground for more than £250million, with more hits than misses — and it is a policy that landed them in hot water when they were charged with breaking profit and sustainability rules in January.
Say the names of Giulian Biancone, Omar Richards or Hwang Ui-jo and most fans would quizzically look at you, but these are evidence of Forest’s expensive transfer mistakes.