Tag: APT

Manchester City launch new legal action against Premier League APT rules
7 February 2025 Off

Manchester City launch new legal action against Premier League APT rules

By Total Football News

Manchester City have launched a fresh legal challenge against the Premier League over new rules governing sponsorship deals which the club claims are “void”.

Last year an independent arbitration panel found aspects of the league’s Associated Party Transaction regulations (APTs) to be unlawful after a lawsuit instigated by the champions.

The rules were formed by the Premier League to prevent clubs from profiting from commercial deals with companies linked to

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Aston Villa will back Man City in voting against changes to APT rules
20 November 2024 Off

Aston Villa will back Man City in voting against changes to APT rules

By Total Football News

Aston Villa owner Nassef Sawiris has said the club will join Manchester City in voting against amendments the Premier League has proposed to rules governing commercial deals.

On Friday, top-flight clubs will vote on the changes to Associated Party Transaction regulations (APTs) at a Premier League meeting.

Sawiris, Egypt’s richest man, argued the league needed a “fresh start” and as such the vote on APTs should be delayed until February

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Man City tell Premier League clubs the proposed APT rules are ‘unlawful’
15 November 2024 Off

Man City tell Premier League clubs the proposed APT rules are ‘unlawful’

By Total Football News

On Thursday, 14 November, in an 11-page letter seen by the BBC, the Premier League wrote to Manchester City, saying it “rejects in the strongest possible terms the repeated and baseless assertions” that “either the league or its representatives have acted in any way contrary to the league’s obligations as a regulator, or has ‘misled’ clubs.

“To the contrary, the league is well aware of, and takes very seriously, its

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Premier League to update APT rule proposals after clubs meet
22 October 2024 Off

Premier League to update APT rule proposals after clubs meet

By Total Football News

The Premier League will update its proposals around rules governing commercial deals after a meeting of top-flight clubs on Tuesday.

It was the first meeting of the 20 clubs since the verdict in Manchester City’s legal case against the Premier League over the league’s associated party transaction (APT) rules was announced earlier this month.

APT rules are in place to ensure sponsorship deals with companies linked to clubs’ owners represent

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Premier League to ‘take neccessary time’ over response to Man City APT legal case
11 October 2024 Off

Premier League to ‘take neccessary time’ over response to Man City APT legal case

By Total Football News

However, in his latest correspondence to clubs, Masters says: “There have been many club conversations over recent days, with constructive and informative feedback provided.

“We now have a comprehensive set of information and data which is helping to inform our recommended approach and rule amendment drafting.

“We are taking the necessary time to develop our proposals and the associated draft rule amendments for club consideration.

“We will circulate these to

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Manchester City: Verdict reached in Premier League APT legal case
7 October 2024 Off

Manchester City: Verdict reached in Premier League APT legal case

By Total Football News

The verdict has been announced in Manchester City’s legal case against the Premier League over its associated party transaction (APT) rules.

City had some complaints upheld, with two aspects of the APT rules deemed unlawful by a tribunal.

But the Premier League says the tribunal rejected the majority of Manchester City’s challenges and “endorsed the overall objectives, framework and decision-making of the APT system”.

APTs are aimed at the value

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