success on the pitch. last month, city became the first club in english football history to win the league title in four consecutive seasons. neither the premier league nor manchester city have responded to requests for a comment on the case. here s our sports editor dan roan. we ve known for some time that the premier league faced the threat of legal action from one of its member clubs over the rules that govern so called associated party transactions or the deals that some clubs signed with companies linked to their owners. now we know it s been elevated, a threat to reality and its manchester city no less, the dominant force in the english game who are taking this action. according to the times they are arguing that these rules are unlawful and anti competitive, discriminatory against middle eastern owners, that they are seeking damages from the league and they are the victim of what they described as a tyranny of majority. the clubs backing the premier league would argue that these
of the league s transaction rules has been set for next week. those rules determine whether sponsorship deals are financially fair . the times newspaper is reporting that it has seen a legal document in which city claim they are victims of discrimination , and that the amended rules were approved by rivals to stifle their success on the pitch. last month, city became the first club in english football history to win the league title in four consecutive seasons. neither the premier league nor manchester city have responded to requests for a comment on the case. here s our sports editor dan roan. we ve known for some time that the premier league faced the threat of legal action from one of its member clubs over the rules that govern so called associated party transactions or the deals that some clubs signed with companies linked to their owners. now we know it s been elevated, a threat to reality and its manchester city no less, the dominant force in the english game who are taking t
the times newspaper is reporting that it has seen a legal document in which city claim they are victims of discrimination , and that the amended rules were approved by rivals to stifle their success on the pitch. last month, city became the first club in english football history to win the league title in four consecutive seasons. neither the premier league nor manchester city have responded to requests for a comment on the case. here s our sports editor dan roan. we ve known for some time that the premier league faced the threat of legal action from one of its member clubs over the rules that govern so called associated party transactions or the deals that some clubs signed with companies linked to their owners. now we know it s been elevated, a threat to reality and its manchester city no less, the dominant force in the english game who are taking this action. according to the times they are arguing that these according to the times they are arguing that these rules are unlawful a