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Four clubs ‘disappointed’ by ruling on Manchester City’s victory in Premier League Associated Party Transactions battle
A new report has revealed four clubs in particular have been left ‘disappointed’ by the ruling around Manchester City’s battle against the Premier League’s commercial rules.
In various statements issued on Monday afternoon, as well as a complete Award document consisting of 175 pages, both Manchester City and the Premier League appeared to claim victory in a legal battle over Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules.
From the side of Manchester City, the reigning Premier League champions had some of their complaints upheld, with two aspects of the APT rules deemed unlawful by an independent tribunal.
As for the Premier League, the top-flight stated that the tribunal rejected the majority of Manchester City’s challenges and “endorsed the overall objectives, framework and decision-making of the APT system”.
In direct response, City have since sent an email to all other 19 clubs within the English top-flight warning them of a potential ‘misleading’ from the part of the Premier League, offering full assistance should they require a better understanding of the accuracies in the Award.
In the immediate aftermath of the Award being released to the general public, and sent across the Premier League, one report indicated that the decision had already been met by disappointing responses from several clubs.
That is according to the information of journalist Ben Jacobs, who reports that ‘several’ Premier League clubs have been left ‘disappointed’ by the ruling on Manchester City’s case released on Monday, including Arsenal, Bournemouth, Liverpool and West Ham United.
In the arbitration process, it has since been confirmed that all of Chelsea, Newcastle United, and Everton all acted as witnesses for Manchester City, whilst a list of clubs have since been released that acted as witnesses for the Premier League.
Those teams are understood to be Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton & Hove Albion, and West Ham United, whilst a further three clubs in Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham and Wolverhampton Wanderers wrote letters in support of the rules.
The Premier League has now called an emergency meeting next week involving all 20 of its clubs to discuss the implications of the judgement, further ramifications, and what happens next within the league.
However, it is understood that there will be no vote on amendments to the Associated Party Transaction rules.
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