Here we go again as Manchester City challenge the Premier League’s APT rules again | OneFootball

In October last year, Manchester City had a victory of sorts over the Premier League. The world champions successfully challenged a section of the Premier League’s Associated Party Transaction rules (APT rules). Since then the Premier League has amended those rules going forward after City’s legal victory. Now City have challenged the amended APT rules. It’s a case of here we go again in regards to City and the Premier League.

Matt Lawton has reported for the Times that Manchester City have launched a fresh legal challenge against the Premier League’s amended APT rules. Furthermore, Lawton reports that City believes that the amended APT rules are unlawful. Manchester City’s fresh legal challenge follows on from their original case. City’s lawyers had warned that they would pursue a fresh legal challenge if the Premier League rushed through amended APT rules. Following the original case, the independent panel which heard the case had to deliberate on their findings from the original hearing. The Premier League rushed through amended APT rules before those findings were released. Hence why Manchester City have launched a fresh legal challenge. Matt Lawton’s report explains the situation and can be found at the link above.

Here we go again as Manchester City and the Premier League continue their ongoing ‘battle’.

It’s almost become a part of the game now that Manchester City and the Premier League are engaged in a ‘battle’ off the pitch. We saw in October the results of their last legal stoush. The verdict is expected imminently in City’s infamous 115 case. Based on Matt Lawton’s new report there is no ending in sight to City’s legal ‘battles’ with the Premier League.

But perhaps this is needed. If the Premier League’s rules are unlawful that cannot continue. That determination is yet to be made. But a situation such as that is not sustainable. That point was missed when October’s verdict was announced.

But today’s news does show that Manchester City’s legal ‘battles’ with the Premier League are set to continue. At some point this situation will end but that doesn’t appear to be anytime soon. That’s unfortunate as matters on the pitch should be the topic of discussion rather than court cases and the validity of the Premier League’s APT rules.