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City accuse Prem League of misleading clubs as fallout from tribunal escalates

- DAVID MCDONNELL

MANCHESTER CITY have accused the Premier League of "misleading" its clubs over the outcome of their dispute over sponsorship deals.

City have written to the other 19 top-flight clubs to counter the Premier League's claim it was victorious in its legal battle with them.

Four-in-a-row title winners City claimed a landmark win after an independent tribunal declared Premier League rules governing commercial deals with parties linked to club owners were unlawful.

City declared the tribunal had found in their favour and concluded that Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules were unlawful and therefore void, following their introduction in 2021. But the Premier League disagreed with Pep Guardiola's men, claiming the tribunal had backed APT rules but “identified a small number of discreet elements - which do not in current form comply with competition and public law requirements".