Bearing in mind the Times was the only paper to report on this and, only hours after City sent the letters out, am I right in saying City briefed the Times ?Here's the link to the Times article without a paywall:
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It includes some direct quotes from the Cliff letter
In his letter, Cliff writes: “Man City is strongly in favour of robust, effective and lawful regulation of related party transactions. Several of the APT rules have been found to be unlawful. The legal effect of this is — we say — that the APT regime is void and importantly the previous RPT (related party transactions) regime, that the APT regime superseded, remains in force until any new regime is agreed.
“In the meantime, common sense dictates that the PL [Premier League] should not rush into passing amendments — particularly ones which entail material legal risk — until the PL knows the outcome from the tribunal. It is important that a new regime is grounded in rules that are fair, considered and legal. Our strong desire is to avoid any future costly legal disputes on this issue and so it is critical that the PL gets it right this time round.”
Cliff says there are three key issues to consider, with the first being that the “proposed rules are unlawful”. He says the Premier League’s response to this claim “does not allay our fundamental concerns that the proposals are not legal”.
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