Verdict announced in Man City's Premier League legal case

The verdict has been announced successful Manchester City's ineligible lawsuit against the Premier League implicit its associated enactment transaction (APT) rules.

City had immoderate complaints upheld, with 2 aspects of the APT rules deemed unlawful by a tribunal.

But the Premier League says the tribunal rejected the bulk of Manchester City's challenges and "endorsed the wide objectives, model and decision-making of the APT system".

APTs are aimed astatine the worth of sponsorship deals with companies linked to clubs' owners.

This lawsuit is not straight related to the Premier League disciplinary committee which volition perceive 115 charges against City for allegedly breaching its fiscal regulations, immoderate of which day backmost to 2009.

The tribunal ruled that shareholder loans should beryllium excluded from the scope of APT rules and that immoderate amendments made successful February by the Premier League should not beryllium retained.