The ‘rebel’ side of English clubs against changes to the regulatory rules that currently govern the Premier League is growing at the moment, in an unstable climate of differences and confrontations that exacerbate the management crisis of the most followed world league The Egyptian billionaire Nassef Sawiris, co-owner of Aston Villa, now he raised his voice in support of Manchester City, amid differences between clubs on new proposals for the regulation of the rules of transactions between associated parties (Associated Party Transaction regulations (APTs)), which will be put to a vote today in the 20 clubs of English league. The climate is one of strong division, with no clear forecast that they can advance.
He city filed a case against Premier League last summer and an independent court’s ruling, announced in October, found two aspects of APT’s rules “unlawful.” The Premier League It maintained that legally challenged aspects of its rules could be “resolved quickly and effectively”, but the ‘skyblue’ club of Manchester continues to maintain that the APT laws introduced in 2021 are “discriminatory and distortive”.
Sawiris now help with City of Manchester before the important decision, which must be made in today’s vote on the amendments to a regulation that confronts the clubs, and threatens to increase the economic costs that they will have for premier all legal procedures. The ruler of Egypt Aston Villa asked to postpone the vote to buy time and form a “united front” with which to take on the Labor Party-led Government Keir Starmerand his imminent and highly controversial intention to establish an independent regulator for the Premier League. The collective agreement to the new APT terms is, according to Sawiristo “a new start” and end a rift that first erupted in the 2021 Super League breakup.
The City letter
He City of Manchester has written to the other 19 clubs in the first division to state its position and its amendments to the rules governing commercial agreements, and warned that its wish is to “avoid costly legal future understanding.” Introduced in December 2021 and revised in March 2024, the Premier League’s APT regulatory rules aim to safeguard the “financial stability, integrity and competitive balance of the League”. Its purpose is to guarantee that any commercial agreement made by clubs with organizations linked to their owners, as in the case of City of Manchester or the Newcastlewas realized at fair market value (FMV).
The Premier League ensures that what it seeks is the long-term financial sustainability of the clubs, by limiting the reliance on greater commercial income received from entities linked to the owners, such as in city with respect to its direct link to Abu Dhabi. It aims to avoid clubs like city They can gain an unfair advantage over other competitors, with sponsorships or loans from shareholders. That is the important point. Increasing revenues or decreasing costs through agreements with entities linked to the property can change the fair market value.
For now, the division is clear. In favor of city is Newcastle United, Nottingham Forest, Chelsea, Everton, Wolverhampton and now Aston Villa. Positioned in defense of the standard of Premier League, West Ham, Manchester United, Liverpool, Brighton, Arsenal and Tottenham. Bournemouth, Fulham and Brentford hesitate to support the standard of Premier Leagueand the rest did not speak. The Premier League He needs 14 of his 20 clubs to vote in favor for his proposed rule change to go through.
Guardiola and the 115 case
In the legal challenge presented by city 115 charges are floating around pending a judicial decision which keeps the football club in a situation of uncertainty. Manchesterconditioning your planning. In this environment of difficult prognosis, this Thursday his coach from the glorious cycle extended his association with the club, Pep Guardiola. In particular, until June 2027, as a gesture from the Catalan coach to the club in times of great tension in the environment and with sanctions threatening him.
Everything is up in the air, awaiting a decision on the 115 cases pending against cityand both Premier League like the ‘skyblue’ club has brought together some of the best and most expensive lawyers in the United Kingdom. It was found that the group of City of Manchester will be directed by sir Chris Yatespartner at Clifford Chance, joined by Lord Pannick KC, of the firm Blackstone Chambers, a lawyer with a reputation for charging astronomical bills for his experience. He worked on some of the most famous cases in British legal history. Beside them will be Paul Harris KC (Monckton Chambers), general counsel of the City Group. Harris led the successful appeal of the City of Manchester before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in 2020 against UEFA’s ban for alleged breaches of financial fair play.
A long judicial battle awaits, therefore, the premier and on cityin an environment of high tension, an uncertain prognosis and with economic costs that are now the big concern of all English clubs.
Source: La Verdad
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