I'm in a similar position. Board has given me 55,000 to spend on wages but my ffp limit is 38,000 and I'm finding that agents are saying I lack the financial muscle. So I think they must know my ffp position. I've got around this by loaning in home grown U21s as they don't count towards ffp. Were you compliant with ffp in League 2? I didn't find that my ffp limit changed between L2 and L1.