Michael Plant and Charles Hague-Jones analyse how Manchester City’s recent case against the Premier League is the most recent example of disputes involving clubs in the league, and what impact this is having on the unity and governing of the Premier League. Daniel Wales reports.
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00:00The Premier League's legal case against Manchester City was the most recent in a series of disputes involving its clubs.
00:07Manchester World's Michael Plant analysed which clubs supported each side.
00:12All the clubs that voted gave evidence in City's favour.
00:18It was Chelsea and Newcastle who I mentioned who both, like City, have links obviously to countries from the Gulf region.
00:26But also Everton who feel that they have been wronged by the Premier League in the last year due to the double points deduction last season.
00:34And you mentioned in the clubs who have given evidence in favour for the Premier League.
00:40They include Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal and Tottenham.
00:43I mean arguably the four clubs who would most benefit from Manchester City's fall from grace I suppose or falling from their lofty position that they're currently at.
00:55Charles Higg Jones then analysed how this case fits in with the others.
01:00It's a case that goes back quite a while. There's multiple factors and moments where there has been a massive divide.
01:09I struggle really to find a reason to put that down to.
01:13I think there's so many different ongoings in England's top flight, whether it's the officiating as you mentioned
01:20or the massive cases against these clubs and whether it led to Everton's points deduction.
01:26Chelsea's scandal with spending over a billion pounds since Tom Boda came in and there's nothing being done there.
01:32So surely something in the future will come out in the works there.
01:35You have Newcastle's situation with the Saudi Arabian consortium who's taken over that club and come into those.
01:43It's quite tough to pin something to just put it down to.
01:49But there's multiple cases now where you do see a huge divide in the league and clubs are going against each other
01:57for the league or against them, as you say, against the clubs that are going for it.
02:02So you don't really know how to react.
02:04I'm sure the Premier League are in a difficult position themselves to try and get a bit of unity together.
02:11Obviously, if you look back across the years, it sort of led to the failing of the England national team when Premier League teams were so divided.
02:21You know, you hear stories how the Chelsea boys wouldn't sit with the Man United and Arsenal players at England camp, for example.
02:29So there's massive changes and the Premier League has really worked hard on getting a bit of togetherness.
02:36And maybe that's a big factor in why England national sides are doing a lot better now as well, because the teams are more together.
02:43But when it comes to legal moments and cases like that, there is a huge divide.
02:49And, you know, the Premier League will have to be working out solutions to try and unify the group that are in the division at that time.