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Article Title: Manchester City and Premier League reach settlement over APT rules dispute
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Manchester City and the Premier League have reached a settlement regarding their legal dispute over associated party transaction (APT) rules.
Manchester City had challenged the legality of the APT rules, which regulate deals between clubs and companies linked to their owners.
Manchester City has now admitted that the Premier League's APT rules are valid and binding. The Premier League and Manchester City have issued a joint statement saying that neither party will comment further on the matter.
This settlement is separate from the ongoing disciplinary hearing regarding Manchester City's alleged breaches of over 100 Premier League financial rules.
The APT rules were introduced in late 2021 after the takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium.
Manchester City had successfully challenged aspects of the APT rules last year.
Sence being taken over by an Abu dhabi group in 2008, Manchester city has regularly engaged in commercial deals with companies based in that region, including those linked to their owners.
One element of the rules found to be illegal last year was that low-interest shareholder loans were not classed as APT.
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The image caption: Now, City have admitted and accepted that the Premier League's rules are valid and binding.(Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
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now, City have admitted and accepted that the Premier League's rules are valid and binding.(Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
English men's soccer's top-tier Premier League, and heavyweights from that competition Manchester City, have agreed a settlement regarding their legal wrangle over associated party transactions (APT).
This relates to a challenge the Manchester club made against the APT rules in 2024, in which they argued the regulations covering deals made by clubs with companies linked to those clubs' owners were unlawful.
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Now, however, City have admitted and accepted that these rules - laid down by the 20-team Premier League in order to prevent clubs from benefitting unfairly through loose association with other entities controlled by their owners - are valid and binding.
In a joint statement, both parties have said: "Neither the Premier League nor the club will be making any further comment about the matter."
This case is separate from the disciplinary hearing, which took place late last year to determine whether City broke over 100 Premier League financial rules over the last 17 years. The club has always denied wrongdoing in that case, and the results of the hearing are still outstanding.
Regarding the current APT rules, these were introduced by the Premier League in late 2021, following the takeover of Newcastle United by a Saudi Arabia-led consortium.
They were then successfully challenged by Man City last year, when an self-reliant tribunal ruled that several aspects of the current iteration of APT rules were invalid.
Over the last 17 years, since the club's takeover by an Abu Dhabi group in September 2008, City have regularly struck commercial deals with companies based in that region, and indeed multiple which are linked to their owners.
Following the Premier League then suggesting that changes could be made easily, City disputed this, and indeed threatened further action if the league made changes in a "knee-jerk reaction."
The amendments did eventually pass through - despite opposition from several clubs, including Newcastle and Man City - and now both the league and Man City have publicly settled a dispute that will have cost both sides extremely notable amounts in legal fees.
One of the elements in the rules that was found to be illegal last year was that, up until that point, low-interest shareholder loans were not classed as APT.
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