Man City appear to score major legal victory over Premier League as 20-club vote scrapped

Manchester City appear to have landed a huge victory in their battle against the Premier League.

While City's hearting into their 115 Premier League charges rumbles on, they have also been in a battle with the top flight over Associated Party Transaction Rules (APT). A vote on potential rule amendments had been due to take place, involving all 20 clubs, at a meeting on Thursday.

However, said amendment was pulled from the schedule. Sources have told the Daily Mail that the vote was pulled 'at the last minute'.

City took on the Premier League over the associated party transaction rules back in June. The club claimed the APT rules are unlawful, but the findings of the two-week hearing into the matter have yet to be made public.

Associated Party Transactions relate to commercial revenue clubs bring in from companies with connections to the club. As noted over the summer by Sky Sports, an example would be City's front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with Etihad, who have connections to the club's owners.

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