https://www.mancity.com/news/club/club-statement-rule-x-arbitral-tribunal-award-63863904
https://www.premierleague.com/news/4144828
City did challenge APT and the tribunal found that APT was necessary and lawful apart from only a small part of the rules.
Their only succes were these -
The...
I think you will find that you have lost today. once the PR nonsense has been cut through, you have won only a very narrow part of the case relating to directors loans.
Looks to me that City have lost large parts of their case. There will be implications for other clubs who have interest free loans which means they may find themselves in PSR trouble when they were not expecting it. Hardly a massive win City, the opposit I think.
I think its a legal strategy to delay the 115 charges case. It's timed just before that hearing, and they know that there argument can be tested in the courts because there claim is that the members club agreement of rules is in breach of statute anti competition law. I don't think they care a...
I predict City will lose the arbitration because its a members club that they originally signed up for.
They will then issue a civil case citing that the rules of the league breaches Competition Law, which will given them recourse to the civil case. That may take 1-2 years before it is...
Thanks. What i found difficult fathom was the formula used for calculating the depreciation. If their is a set accounting formula that is universally accepted by the HMRC then fine. However if their isn't, then it seems to me numbers can be made up out of thin air in order to manipulate the...
The proposed rules are to ensure the EPL fall into line with the European model, which makes sense given English clubs play in Europe. However the European model is even more prohibitive than it is currently I think.
I think he did more than that. Didn't he say in evidence that we needed to buy a midfielder? If he did, he has blown a coach and horses through our mitigation argument that there was no sporting advantage. How can you say there was no sporting advantage but we needed to buy players?
I think i...