Premier League executives meet on Thursday with more than the hearing into Manchester City’s alleged 130 rule breaches weighing on their minds
Result of City case against league on APT due imminentlyPremier League executives are to gather for the first time on Thursday since the hearing began into Manchester City’s alleged 130 breaches of league rules, and that will not be the only legal issue concerning clubs at the top-flight shareholders’ meeting.
The so-called “trial of the century”, concerning allegations that span nine seasons and which accuse City of deliberately withholding information from the competition of which they have been champions in six of the past seven years – they deny all charges – will undoubtedly be of concern to clubs, even if it is not expected to reach a conclusion for months. But it is hardly the only part of the league’s governance that is currently being scrutinised by lawyers.
Should City win the case, it would pose a direct challenge to attempts to increase competitive balance in the division and be a further blow to the Premier League’s credibility as a rule-making body. Earlier this month, another legal case sawover a points reduction imposed for breaching profit and sustainability rules .
The eyes of many executives will be on further rule changes coming down the path too, with revised PSR regulations that echo those of Uefa and a system known as top to bottom anchoring currently being trialled with a view to being introduced permanently from next season. City, as well as Manchester United and Aston Villa, are opposed to the anchoring rules, which would tie spending on players at the top of the division to multiples of prize money earned by the Premier League’s bottom side.
The Premier League is desperate to move forward with its financial rules in order to bring about a new, broader settlement among its clubs. That there are a growing number of clubs who are unhappy, not about the rules but about how much defending them is costing in legal fees, may ultimately prove helpful to the organisation’s leadership.
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