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

[cleavers]

Having to admit defeat will destroy them.

I would imagine that defeat has become normality by now for most rags.

 

[lancs blue]

Ineos has strong business connections to AbuDhabi. The rags will gradually change their stance and become more sympathetic.

That may well be true eventually but the commercial side of the club is still controlled by the Glazers and they will be more concerned about retaining their annual donation to the family coffers.

 

[KS55]

That may well be true eventually but the commercial side of the club is still controlled by the Glazers and they will be more concerned about retaining their annual donation to the family coffers.

Part of the deal with Scruffy was 3 years without a divi for the Glazres.

 

[lancs blue]

As much as I like the idea, that doesn’t sound like a realistic possibility to me.

Would a claim for damages to an arbitration panel be a more likely route, given the "unlawful" verdict on the APT rules?

 

[terraloon]

I'm not sure about that.

Everton and Forest both received points deduction and subsequent loss of earnings based on a legally flawed system.

I think that has to be corrected.

In the case of Everton they significantly benefited from the non inclusion of interest free loans from their owner ( not sure about Nottingham Forest)

 

[lancs blue]

Part of the deal with Scruffy was 3 years without a divi for the Glazres.

I didn't realise that, but even so the Glazers are still in control of the clubs commercial decisions.

 

[halfcenturyup]

The APT rules will not be tweaked, they will simply cease to exist as any proposed tweak will mean the introduction of interest on shareholder loans counting towards PSR.

From what I can recall there are around 10 or so clubs that have shareholder loans and a vote requires 14 of the 20 clubs to agree to a rule change or proposal.

I can’t see clubs in receipt of shareholder loans voting for an introduction of interest payments so I think APT is dead in the water.

It's all so unnecessarily complicated isn't it? The PL has worked itself into a right mess over PSR/APT.

The thing some people are missing about retrospective action is that any PSR calculations going forward aren't retrospective, of course, so the 24/25 three year monitoring period which also includes 22/23 and 23/24, at least, will, it seems to me, all have to be calculated with fmv loan interest on soft loans. This affects Liverpool, Brighton, Arsenal and the others and, if they are already close to PSR problems, it could push them into a breach.

I think.

Possibly. :)

Wouldn't that be a shame?

 

[vincent]

I would imagine that defeat has become normality by now for most rags.

True. But this is all they have left.

 

[terraloon]

FPT might still be written the the pl rule book. BUT it's against the law so it's worthless and the pl can't enforce it.

Hey I am not disagreeing that it can’t be applied but a court of law hasn’t ruled

 

[halfcenturyup]

In the case of Everton they significantly benefited from the non inclusion of interest free loans from their owner ( not sure about Nottingham Forest)

Everton loans are probably for the new stadium, no?