All the keys to the dispute between Manchester City and the Premier League

He City of Manchester announced this Monday his legal victory in the battle he fought in Premier League in relation to policies in related companies. The Mancunian team reported that the Court of Arbitration He agreed with him in his lawsuit, indicating that these policies were illegal, that they violated United Kingdom competition law and that they discriminated against their own operations. This thing is not strictly directly related to the 115 cases in which he was accused of not complying with Financial Fair Playalthough it is true that many of these accusations are related to sponsorships.

However, what happened invites a detailed explanation. BBC Sport He did so, indicating, among other things, who took one side and the other in this conflict. Chelsea, Newcastle and Everton They did this as witnesses of City of Manchesterhaving situations similar to the Mancunian picture in terms of trade agreements. In its part, Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Tottenham, Brighton and West Ham They served as witnesses to Premier League and Brentford, Bournemouth, Fulham and Wolves They wrote letters of support to said body, all of them hoping that the City would perish. The aforementioned newspaper also pointed out that it requested statements from all the aforementioned teams after learning of the resolution and did not receive a response; and also that a meeting with the Premier League is scheduled for next week to discuss the sentence.

The source of restrictions on related companies

Regarding related company rules, restrictions were introduced in December 2021, following Newcastle’s acquisition of Arabia. These rules were changed after a vote in February that did not get unanimity. 12 Premier clubs voted in favor of changing them, two abstained and 6 voted against. But no matter what, the change was carried out and this led to the legal battle between City of Manchester and the Premier League for two sponsorship deals that were recently resolved in favor of the Mancunian team. It is planned, however, that the Premier League change the two aspects in which the Court of Arbitration has decided against them, including shareholder loans and eliminating some of the changes introduced after the aforementioned vote in February. This matter still has some way to go and it needs to be followed closely to see if it will have an impact in terms of the 115 cases where he has been accused of not complying with Financial Fair Play since some of them . is associated with sponsorships.