Manchester City accused the rules of transactions associated with the Premier League (APT) in favor of clubs that have benefited from non -designed loans from their owners, and explicitly naming Arsenal as one of four teams that gained an unfair advantage.
the The appropriate Premier League rules It was presented in 2021 to ensure any trade deals between the club and the “associated party” in the “fair market value”. City moved to the highest trip in England to the court in June 2024, challenging the legal authority of these regulations shortly after completing them twice after completing large-scale sponsorship agreements with the Union-a company that has links to City owners in Abu Dhabi.
The first ruling from Independent court I found that there is some truth in the argument of City, but the Premier League put their referee as nothing more than needed to amend “a small number of separate elements.” The Premier League clubs voted Through these modified rules in more than 30 minutes last November.
A final decision from the court announced the original APT rules such as “It is invalid and not implemented” In February, which represents a major legal victory for the city. The heroes of the sequence also indicated in a statement issued to Daily Mail and The Times Friday: “This void means that the modifications are the same void, because it is not legally possible to modify the rules that are the same void.”
The main city point of the city's anti -APT bases is the fact that shareholders ’loans were not subject to the same scrutiny as other commercial deals. This common practice, which usually witnessed a wealthy owner, helped his club hundreds of millions of pounds at small interest rates, many clubs to avoid recording the losses that they would have seen in breaking the profit and strict sustainability regulations in the Premier League (PSR).
This comfortable view of the various transactions between the tube was addressed in the amendments made by the Premier League clubs in November. The teams were given 50 days to convert shareholders ’loans into shares. The city is not admired by this settlement either.
The club claims that the current APT rules “fail to meet the requirements of transparency, objectivity, accuracy and proportion … and are vulnerable to distorting competition.”
Arsenal, Brighton, Everton and Leicester City have been named by Manchester City Knawad, which unfairly benefited from the shareholders' investments. The Premier League champions go to the point of inserting the amount of what each team carries through this type of financing that – to be emphasized – was completely in line with the regulations that were present at that time.
|
Club (season) |
A loan for approximate shareholders |
|---|---|
|
Arsenal (2022/23) |
259 million pounds sterling |
|
Brighton (2021/22) |
406.5 million pounds |
|
Everton (2022/23) |
450 million pounds sterling |
|
Leicester (2021/22) |
265 million pounds sterling |
City argues that all clubs should return to the practices that existed before providing any appropriate rules in 2021 while new regulations are set.
This continuous dispute is completely separate from 130 city financial violations It was accused by the Premier League. However, the LEGALS costs incurred by the highest trip in England while fighting this appropriate battle will only be dealt with in the budget available for future court cases.