City launch legal action against the Premier League | City win APT case (pg901)

[gordondaviesmoustache]

To be fair it's a hugely complex judgement and the ramifications as he said will take time to unravel.

The fact the PL acted in a way that is unlawful does not require complex analysis, as Cliff has pointed out. It’s a basic and fundamental finding, given the unlawfulness relates to competition law and the ambit of the rule itself.

It’s pretty straightforward from where I’m standing.

 

[Blue Maverick]

That link is very revealing.

In summary it seems we are saying ATP is unlawful, all of it. So what if we didn’t win on a few counts. We only needed to win one for it to be unlawful.

We are bringing the house down. After years of frustration with our softly, softly approach, the gloves are now off. There is no going back.

Hopefully this will be the same with the multiple counts in 115, you find one is wrong it should snowball that others in that count are the same.

 

[johnny crossan]

To be fair it's a hugely complex judgement and the ramifications as he said will take time to unravel.

To be fair Stefan has pulled his pants down and deposited in our direction.

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Has Stefan read The Times headline this morning - "Legal Victory for City" apparently - anybody got a link?

Man City victory as Premier League’s sponsorship rules declared unlawful

Premier League calls emergency meeting with all 20 clubs after two deals with Etihad and First Abu Dhabi Bank were deemed to have been ‘unfairly blocked’ in landmark decision

www.thetimes.com

Thanks. Can anyone do the archive thingy so we can read?

 

[Rory Bluelow]

They very quickly went from anger when the news initially broke yesterday to absolute certainty that we have totally failed and it is a win for the PL - desperate to believe the PL smoke and mirrors

Post after post stating that CITY are trying to spin the outcome to try and avoid admitting that it is a PL victory

Then you have ones like this which shows their certainty that CITY are fucked on the 115/130 - they cannot understand that they are separate cases:

"It wouldn`t surprise me if an approach is made by Pannick on their behalf to see what a settlement could look like. I am convinced that the arbitration was a major part of the strategy. If they had succeeded in any way to undermine the FMV rules then this would have had a big impact on the 115(130). The fact is that it hasn`t and they will now need to take stock."

They are still praying for our demise - as this answer demonstrates:

"I’d be all for a settlement. I’d settle for Man City to be expelled from the premier league, they are fined to the extent of how much owner funds they have smuggled into the club and they have to start again at the lowest tier in football, plus state ownership is banned.
I’d settle for that."

They’re delusional beyond all hope .

 

[Rammy Blue]

The substantive points of the decision were won by City, I don't know what Stefan's smoking.

He’s playing the neutrality role, not really required here, but each to their own.

 

[jollylescott]

Matt Lawton at the Times has seen the letter as well.
https://www.thetimes.com/sport/foot...mier-league-misled-you-over-verdict-khg78rcl0

Link wothout paywall here:

https://archive.ph/Qp8lE

Thanks for that link. At the bottom of the article is a link to Martin Samuel’s opinion. It’s well worth a read, as he rips the Premier League to pieces.

 

[TheThirdDeano]

Quick reminder as the morning draws to a close that you do not hate journalists or print media enough.
You think you do, but you don’t.

 

[Centurions]

Love some of the comments.

"It was the Middle East’s plan all along to create division in the top leagues, so that the big clubs that they have influence over will push for a super league in which they will be in charge of. They will destroy football as we know it for their own political and financial gain."


Obviously not aware that most of the "top clubs" (I'll be generous and include manchester united in this) are american owned? And it was them that tried to create the super league, not to mention creating the PL in the first place to keep more of the money? They think that Saudi (Newcastle) and Abu Dhabi (Man City, although not owned by the state anyway) who were barely on speaking terms not long back have got together to create the SL again that City were the last to join and the first to leave last time? Talk about clueless.

 

[paulchapo]

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In the message, seen by Mail Sport, City’s general counsel Simon Cliff says bluntly: ‘regrettably the (league’s) summary is misleading and contains several inaccuracies’.

‘Of even greater concern,’ Cliff adds, ‘is the Premier League’s suggestion that new APT rules should be passed within the next 10 days.

'When the Premier League consulted on and proposed the original APT Rules in late 2021, we pointed out that the process (which took several weeks) was rushed, ill-thought-out and would result in rules that were anti-competitive. The recent Award has validated those concerns entirely.’

Cliff informs clubs that the panel found APT rules, aimed at preventing clubs from agreeing inflated deals with companies linked to their owners, unlawful and that, contrary to the top-flight’s comments, the decision renders all of the rules ‘null and void’.

‘In recent correspondence,’ Cliff writes, ‘the Premier League agreed with MCFC that this is an issue which will need to be resolved by the Tribunal. It is therefore remarkable that the Premier League is now seeking to involve the member clubs in a process to amend the APT Rules at a time when it does not even know the status of those rules’.

It is understood that City have already received ‘multiple’ responses in support of the email from other clubs.

Who would have thought that the premier league, who's strings we all know are being pulled by clubs who not only hate us, but have the moral compass of a rattlesnake, would fucking lie again. Aided and abetted of course by the morally corrupt racist media led by that bastion of virtue the BBC. Gloves off City the time for playing nice is over. Keep gathering all the evidence and sue, sue, sue. No mercy until every single one of these cockroaches are crushed.