I also think we planned for a higher league table finish, which in realty would have made any points deduction irrelevant from a relegation perspective. But it hasn’t panned out that way on the pitch.I think it's a simple case that club knew they were going to breach with the late Johnson sale but wanted to get that extra money for him so were open with it, liaised with the Premier League about it during the summer thinking that (at that point) no points deductions had been given for any PSR breaches so would likely get away with a fine, which I can understand to some extent
I dare say if they knew then what they know now they might well have done things differently