Manchester City have gone to the mattresses with the Premier League and depending on who you ask, it could mean everything or nothing. A three-strong tribunal panel of former judges ruled that City were unsuccessful in much of their legal case against the Premier League’s commercial and sponsorship rules,

Premier League club executives fear the competition’s governance could effectively go into stasis, with one source describing Manchester City’s ongoing legal action as a “war”.Aside from the temporary state of limbo from the wait to amend the Associated Party Transaction [APT] rules after Monday’s announcement,

Manchester City and the Premier League are both claiming victory after the conclusion of the first of two high-profile clashes between the pair.