Stefan Borson: Newcastle decided not to join Man City in legal battle against PL
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James Murray
Mon 15 September 2025 18:39, UK
Newcastle United decided not to join Manchester City as a co-complainant in their legal battle against the Premier League.
Man City have been in a battle with the Premier League over the past year regarding the associated party transaction (APT) rules.
Man City have now reached a settlement with the Premier League, with The Times reporting on 8 September Pep Guardiola’s side are in line to complete a “hugely lucrative” long-term deal with Etihad Airways as a result.
Following amendments by the Premier League, the Manchester giants challenged the APT rules again in February this year before the parties came to a settlement last week.
I don’t know what the Premier League has agreed to do in terms of proposing new rules, but the thing with Newcastle in any event was that their two key sponsors, Noon and Sela, are both related parties.
“And in any event, it’s obvious that Newcastle didn’t feel strongly enough about the situation to be a co-claimant because they could have said to City, we’ll join with you in this complaint.
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“This is way back when City started the arbitration.
We’ll join with you as a co-complainant and we’ll both go after the Premier League, we’ll split the fees in half and we’ll dictate the conduct of the case in a joined-up way, and they didn’t do that.