it does seem to be a different case than the FA rule was put in place for.
I guess the fa rule is to discourage teams from trying to game the FFP system by delaying payments and only clearing the embargo when they need to.
that's not why we were delaying, as the payment was already accounted for on our books, and given we had appeals going through in various courts there were good reasons we hadn't cleared the embargo, but yeah I can't see them letting us off the hook