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Africa-Press – Seychelles. <\/strong><\/span>Manchester City on Friday, won a legal battle against the Premier League in a long-running battle over financial rules \u2013 with conflicting interpretations of its significance.<\/p>\n

An independent panel has ruled that the Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules are void and unenforceable.<\/p>\n

The Premier League\u2019s rules demand that any club, its players, manager or any \u2018senior official\u2019 must run dealings with \u2018associated parties\u2019 past them.<\/p>\n

\u2018Associated parties\u2019 refer to companies or people who have a big interest in the relevant club, financially or otherwise.<\/p>\n

The Premier League\u2019s board will then review each transaction and assess whether it represents a fair market value.<\/p>\n

The league has insisted that the rule helps to build \u2018fairness\u2019 across the division and end a \u2018reliance on enhanced commercial revenues linked to the club\u2019s ownership\u2019.<\/p>\n

City this month launched a fresh challenge against the amended rules, as voted in by a majority of Premier League clubs in November.<\/p>\n

The Premier League has however made it clear that this judgement from the panel does not impact the rules in their current form and clubs are expected to continue following them as they await a verdict.<\/p>\n

APT rules were first introduced in December 2021 after the Saudi takeover of Newcastle.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Seychelles<\/span> Follow Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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