Manchester City has launched new legal action against the Premier League amid the wait on the outcome of the 115 charges leveled at the Etihad side, which Liverpool and the rest of the clubs in the top flight will be watching closely.

According to the BBC, which has seen a letter sent out by Premier League chief Richard Masters to the rest of the clubs in the top flight, Manchester City believes new rules governing sponsorship deals are "void". The Premier League implemented the rules in order to prevent clubs from profiting from commercial deals such as ones involving companies linked to their owners that are deemed to be above "fair market value".

Last year an independent arbitration panel found some aspects of the Associated Party Transaction regulations to be unlawful after Manchester City took it to court. But City is now challenging that again.

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"On January 20, 2025, Manchester City FC began a further arbitration to challenge the APT rules... the new challenge relates to the amendments to the APT rules that clubs approved at the 22 November 2024 shareholders' meeting," Masters wrote.

"Manchester City FC seeks a declaration that the amendments approved by clubs in November (and therefore the current APT rules in force) are unlawful and void. The Premier League remains strongly of the view that the amendments passed in November were lawful and the APT rules comply with all competition law requirements.

"We consider that the new arbitration must be resolved as soon as possible and, to that end, have agreed that the same tribunal should be appointed to hear the new case. The parties are currently corresponding in relation to further directions. The APT rules remain in full force and effect and clubs remain required to comply with all aspects of the system."

This is the latest development in a long-running legal battle between Manchester City and the Premier League. The Citizens are also awaiting the outcome of their disciplinary hearing after being charged with 115-plus alleged breaches of financial rules.

The club has consistently denied any wrongdoing. The news of Manchester City's latest legal battle comes less than a week before top-flight clubs gather for their first shareholder meeting of 2025.