We’ve had the press release from Man City claiming they’ve won, we’ve had the press release from the Premier League saying they’ve won. Here are the official ruling documents: the reality is somewhere in the middle. Tl;dr:
1) The Premier League’s ruling over two of City’s sponsorship deals must be re-considered due to procedural inadequacies.
2) Sponsorships being held to Fair Market Value (FMV) will be retained.
3) The Premier League must make their FMV benchmarking data readily available to clubs.
4) Shareholder loans must be considered in line with APT (and therefore PSR) rules (likely to affect clubs like Chelsea, Newcastle, Everton and Arsenal).
by one_and_only_chand
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City complaining about someone else delaying things is unironically hilarious
I guess its win-win for both sides
An awful lot of “that challenge has failed” for them to seriously be claiming this as a victory.
So the PL delayed cooperation with us and they withheld information from us?
Surely that should mean all our challenges get upheld by default, because you only hide stuff if you’re guilty, right?
City’s statement seems more disingenuous with every passing minute.
They’ve just reported in their statement that APT rules have been found to be unlawful…period. No mention of on the specifics of what was unlawful (minor technicalities) and no mention of what being “set aside” means. (It means it has to be reassessed but still rejected)
Also claimed they won their argument that they are being discriminated against. A challenge they specifically lost but claiming they won because the loans that were expempt is proof of discrimination
Shameless fucks. They look guilty af. This kind of desperation to spin and obfuscate is only likelihood of guilt
This document is above my pay grade. If I speak further, I am in big trouble.
They can’t keep getting away with this – Jesse Pinkman
It’s a bit rich for city to be claiming an unreasonable delay isn’t it?
Where did you get these select shots from the official documents? Obviously this isn’t everything.