Moshiri had to be talking about when we signed James, Doucoure and Allan right? We barely signed any other midfielders...But, the value was still lost regardless. That's our only case. Whether he was found guilty or not makes no odds for our case of mitigation. If he's was innocent and dealt with in the wrong manner by the FA, thats between Player X and the FA as it was them who specified he could not play in FA certified competition.
This is nothing to do with guilt, perceived guilt, whether a case would have been successfull or anything, it's all about valuation of services that were taken from us by an event outside of our control.
When Moshiri says we had to buy a midfielder, would that have been the case had Player X been available? This is the detail that people are forgetting.