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Manchester City have inflicted a potentially damaging defeat on the top-flight after sponsorship deals were declared unlawful.
In a landmark ruling to a case that is separate from the 115 charges Pep Guardiola's club are facing, it was ruled that the English champions were unfairly blocked from agreeing two huge sponsorship deals earlier this year.
Both Arsenal and Liverpool gave evidence in favour of the Premier League, and it is those three clubs who are separated by just a point at the top of the table.
Elsewhere, Manchester United have officially made their worst-ever start to a Premier League season after seven games, with Thomas Tuchel among the contenders to potentially replace Erik ten Hag.
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16 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
Respected sports journalist Matt Lawton has appeared on talkSPORT's H&J to discuss Manchester City's verdict.
He said: “You can just see in the contrasting statements between Manchester City and the Premier League that have emerged that they still don't entirely agree on who's won what, but the fact of the matter is there are aspects of the rules that have been found by three retired judges to be in breach of competition law in this country and the one that we think is significant is around these shareholder loans.
“Shareholder loans are basically the loans that are the money that is lent to clubs by their owners, by their shareholders, and right now across the Premier League landscape, there's 1.5 billion quid's worth of these loans.
“Everton have got over 400 million in these loans.
They were deemed to sit outside.
“But the judges agree with City that they should be part of it because how vastly different are they to being given a sponsorship deal by a company linked to the owners?
“The knock-on effect of that, we think, is if they now have to be part of regulation because these are interest-free loans that then it's going to distort, it's going to change essentially the return that clubs have to provide every year on how much they've spent.”
Asked whether this ruling has any effect on the 115 charges against Man City for breaching financial rules, he said:
“It's certainly the same territory.
A lot of these charges are around sponsorship rules and in particular in relation to companies linked to the owners of Manchester City.
“I think the point that people will make is that the APT rules that they've objected to didn't come in until 2021 and all the 115 charges relate to situations prior to that and seasons prior to that.
“But you would you just have to think that if now there's an issue with the rules around sponsorship agreements, that surely has an impact, but that is yet to be determined how that plays out because that hearing is ongoing.
“It's the same legal team fighting both cases, so what it does say is that City have good lawyers, right?
“This was the first area of battle and, while the Premier League are slightly disputing it, but City are claiming victory here.”
Asked how he sees the situation playing out now, he concluded:
“Right now the Premier League is in civil war.
The clubs are divided.
“It's a messy situation and the consequences of this are the shareholder loans - if you are Arsenal with over 200 million quid worth of shareholder loans this is a worrying development.”
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39 minutes agoBy Joe Brophy
Several rival Premier League clubs have been left dismayed by Manchester City’s victory over the Premier League over sponsorship deals, talkSPORT understands.
In a landmark legal verdict, a panel of retired judges deemed the Premier League rules designed to stop clubs inflating deals with companies linked to their owners as ‘unlawful.’
Abu Dhabi-backed City have successfully argued the rules, introduced in the wake of Newcastle’s Saudi Arabian-led takeover and updated early last year, were unfair.
One of the key findings from the tribunal was that low-interest or interest-free loans from shareholders should be taken into consideration and the Premier League are now expected to amend the APT rules accordingly.
If they do then clubs like Arsenal and Brighton, who have borrowed heavily from their owners, are among those who stand to be impacted.
While City released a strongly-worded statement declaring victory and stating the Premier League ‘abused its dominant position’, the League say City only won on minor points.
Liverpool, Wolves, Arsenal, Bournemouth and West Ham are among the clubs unhappy with the ruling, which is separate to the 115 charges City are facing for alleged financial breaches.
Other clubs including Newcastle, Everton and Nottingham Forest are believed to have supported City in their case against the APT rules.
City and other clubs affected by the APT rules can now seek damages from the Premier League.
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Today, 15:37By Joe Brophy
Cristiano Ronaldo may have left Manchester United in controversial circumstances, but the club clearly remains dear to his family.
His oldest child, Cristiano Jr, was pictured wearing a Man United shirt in a recent social media post by his partner Georgina Rodriguez.
In a photo shared on Rodriguez’ Instagram story, the 13-year-old can be seen donning United’s navy blue away jersey as he completes his homework at the dining table.
Alejandro Garnacho will be overjoyed to see his name and number on the back of the top, having openly shared that Ronaldo is his idol.
The pair were teammates at Old Trafford when Garnacho made his United debut, and he celebrated his first-ever goal for the club alongside Ronaldo by copying one of his celebrations.
He has since continued to mark goals with tributes to the five-time Ballon d’Or winner, recreating his iconic ‘Siu’ celebration after an incredible overhead kick effort against Everton in November 2023.
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Today, 14:53By Joe Brophy
Man City's rival Premier League clubs are shocked and unhappy with the decision of an Arbitration Panel, talkSPORT understands.
talkSPORT's chief football correspondent Alex Crook appeared on Baker & Jacobs live with the latest this afternoon.
He revealed a source from 'high up at a rival Premier League club said the verdict is 'incredible' and that 'you might as well rip up PSR (Profit and Sustainability rules) and any kind of financial sanctions'.
Crook added: "It hasn't gone down well with a lot of clubs!"
talkSPORT's Jacobs also questioned the logic behind the ruling, arguing that the license now offered to state-owned Premier League clubs is anti-competitive.
Crook replied: "I think you make a great point and even if we're talking about the title race, and the fact that Arsenal have made such a good start to the season, I would suggest this is a blow for them as well cause they're not one of those clubs, who as you say, are not owned by a state.
"So I think this is a pretty historic judgement and a pretty history day and I think it will also set fears among rival clubs that Manchester City will be able to fight their way out of their 115 charges for breaching financial rules as well."
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Today, 14:40By Joe Brophy
Manchester City have claimed a big victory over the Premier League after rules regarding commercial deals were deemed to be unlawful.
It was ruled that City were unfairly blocked from agreeing to two huge sponsorship deals earlier this year.
This is due to governance declaring that commercial deals between clubs and companies related to the club’s ownership must be of fair market value.
It means that Abu Dhabi-backed City have opened the door to striking significantly higher sponsorship agreements with associated parties than previously allowed.
It also means that they’ll be able to pursue compensation and costs from the Premier League for 'abusing its dominant position', City revealed in a club statement.
In addition, other teams could now seek damages should they believe that they have been impacted.
An independent panel concluded that the rules were unlawful because they did not take into consideration interest-free loans which shareholders lend to clubs.
The panel states that, of the £4billion in total borrowing across the Premier League, £1.5bn is in loans from club owners and shareholders.
A statement read: "The Premier League welcomes the Tribunal’s findings, which endorsed the overall objectives, framework and decision-making of the APT system.
He's well aware of the situation."
Former Everton scout Bryan King now expects his old club to give up on their plans for a Dele return if no significant progress is made by Christmas.
“I think the club are slowly moving on,” King told Goodison News, “And they’re looking at both sides of it.
“If he gets himself fit, okay, but the club can’t bank on him being a player who will win them matches and save them from relegation because he hasn’t played.
“If there isn’t movement by Christmas, then I think Everton might have to call it a day.”
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Today, 09:45By Joe Brophy
Jamie Carragher slammed Everton for poking fun at Anthony Gordon on social media after he missed a penalty against his former club.
The former Toffees star squandered the opportunity to score for Newcastle from 12 yards in their 0-0 draw at Goodison Park.
And in the morning after the stalemate, the Merseyside outfit took to social media to mock his saved penalty attempt.
Posting on their X account, Everton quote replied to a fan who said: "Wish they had of played the buzzer from half time when the penalty was saved."
Their reply included a clip of Gordon's penalty miss, with a negative buzzer played over the top when Jordan Pickford made his save.
However, ex-Liverpool star Carragher, who grew up an avid supporter of the Toffees, furiously hit back at their social media activity.
In response to an Everton fan arguing that supporters should be allowed to troll Gordon, Carragher added: "Of course you can, as you did yesterday!
"And will do for the next 10yrs at Goodison when he comes back but you don’t expect the official club socials to do it."
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Today, 09:16By Joe Brophy
Nicolas Jackson could face punishment after video footage showed the Chelsea star appearing to put his hand in the face of Morato.
The Senegalese striker was substituted at half-time of the Blues' 1-1 draw with Nottingham Forest but joined in the melee late on.
VAR did look at the incident and deemed no further action was taken, but Jackson could still face retrospective punishment.
Check out the touchline footage on talkSPORT.com below...
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6th Oct 2024, 22:48By Jackson Cole
Pep Guardiola feels lucky to have Ederson in goal after fearing the Brazilian could leave Manchester City over the summer.
The City number one was the subject of interest from clubs in Saudi Arabia but no offers were received that matched the champions' valuation of the player.
Ederson, whose titles with City include six Premier League wins and a Champions League triumph, proved his enduring worth with a fine performance in Saturday's hard-fought win over Fulham.
The 31-year-old made a clutch of important saves, including two from Adama Traore in one-on-one situations, as City won 3-2 at the Etihad Stadium.
Asked if he had been worried about losing Ederson, City manager Guardiola said: "Yes of course.
Pogba represented Manchester United in two separate spells, with the vast majority of his Premier League appearances coming during his second spell, where he was a Red Devils player for six years.
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