Man City get Premier League case update as Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs await 115 charges verdict
Manchester City continue to play the waiting game as they get ready to discover the outcome of their challenge against the Premier League.
City staunchly maintains its innocence in the midst of an independent panel's separate hearing on the Premier League's 115 charges against the club. The contention revolves around Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules, which, despite City's legal challenge, remained unaltered in the published regulations for the 2024/2025 season.
Brighton and Hove Albion chairman Tony Bloom has chimed in with his thoughts, labelling any potential victory for City as 'unhelpful' and suggesting it could tarnish the Premier League's image due to the arbitration process itself. In a conversation with The Athletic last week, Bloom cautiously refrained from delving into details.
However, he reiterated that a decision is expected 'soon', hinting at an imminent resolution to clarify whether or not City's efforts have been successful. Bloom said: "I don't want to talk too much about that because it has gone to arbitration and we are going to get a ruling on that soon. We [Brighton] are outsiders."
Speaking about the ongoing saga involving Premier League clubs and their adherence to financial regulations, he added: "Each club, legally, are able to do that... I don't think it's great for the reputation of the Premier League, but these things happen.
"We have to see how the legal process develops. I don't think it will be helpful for the Premier League to lose the case, but we are going to find out the outcome soon."
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The specifics behind City's challenge to the APT rules remain under wraps. Had it not been for The Times breaking the story in June, the hearing could have slipped under the radar entirely without public knowledge.
Whatever the outcome of City's legal challenge against the Premier League, it remains unlikely to impact the case addressing 115 Financial Fair Play (FFP) charges against them. The hearing into that is expected to begin before the end of the year, but a resolution is not expected until summer 2025 - at the earliest.