Manchester City has won a legal battle against the Premier League over its rules on business dealings.
The club took legal action …………………………… The club took legal action against to the related party transaction rules (APT) earlier this year on the grounds that they were anti-competitive
On Monday, City issued a statement saying the court had declared the APT rules “illegal” and that the league had abused a dominant position under competition law.
They added: “The court determined that the rules are structurally unfair and that the Premier League was particularly unfair in the way it applied these rules to the club in practice.”
The Premier League said most of City’s challenges in the case had been “rejected”, but added: “The tribunal has nevertheless identified a small number of discrete elements of the rules which, in their current form, are inconsistent with the requirements of the competition and the law. The case is separate from 115 charges brought against City under Premier League rules, which are alleged to have been breached by failing to provide accurate financial information over a nine-year period from 2009 to 2018.
