Manchester City accused the Premier League of benefiting Arsenal

Manchester City accused the Premier League of benefiting Arsenal and other teams By allowing them to receive large amounts of money through loans from the same club owners.

In a statement filed before a court and to which the British newspaper has had access The Timesthe City claimed that Arsenal, Brighton & Hove Albion, Everton and Leicester City had an “unfair advantage.”

According to the City, loans valued in millions of euros that club owners make to the clubs themselves have not been treated with the same hardness and magnifying glass as other sponsorship agreements with associated companies.

This is born from the rules imposed by the Premier League at the end of 2021 for Fight against the possibility that clubs such as Newcastle United and City itself took advantage of agreements with companies of Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates to inflate their sponsorship contracts.

An independent court determined in recent months that the laws were against competitiveness and that they were not valid. The City intends to return to the laws prior to 2021 since it clutches the current “discriminatory”, of little “transparent and objective” and considers them to alter the competition.

The City claims that Arsenal has benefited from loans worth 259 million pounds (305 million euros) In the 2022-2023 season, the Brighton, 406.5 million in 2021-2022, Everton, 450 million in 2022-2023, and Leicester, 265 million in 2021-2022.

In addition, the group led by Guardiola denounces that The current rules do not value these assignments with the same scrutiny as sponsorships with associated companies. The Sky Bluesademás blocked two contracts with Abu Dhabi, which is why they launched this legal action against the Premier.

If these clubs had to declare in their accounts the costs of these loans, that is, the payment of interest and the collection of debts, could incur serious problems to overcome the financial play that adjusts the Premier and UEFA.

This legal action is not related to the 130 financial positions of which the City is accused and whose resolution must be when falling.