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HomeBusinessMan City and Premier League both claim victory in legal battle over...

Man City and Premier League both claim victory in legal battle over rules on commercial deals

Manchester City and the Premier League have both claimed victory in a legal battle over rules relating to commercial deals.

The club launched legal action against the associated party transaction (APT) rules earlier this year on the grounds they were anti-competitive.

On Monday, City released a statement saying the tribunal had declared the APT rules “unlawful” and that the league had abused a dominant position under competition law.

They added: “The tribunal has determined both that the rules are structurally unfair and that the Premier League was specifically unfair in how it applied those rules to the club in practice.”

The Premier League said the majority of City’s challenges in the case were “rejected” but added: “The tribunal did, however, identify a small number of discrete elements of the rules which do not, in their current form, comply with competition and public law requirements.

“These elements can quickly and effectively be remedied by the League and clubs.”

The case is separate to the 115 charges facing City under Premier League rules, which they allegedly breached by failing to provide accurate financial information over a nine-year period starting in 2009 until 2018.

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