Manchester City have launched a fresh legal challenge against the Premier League’s sponsorship rules in the latest escalation of English football’s civil war.

It took until deadline day of the January transfer window but Manchester City finally signed a player they had held an interest in for some time. That player was Nico Gonzàlez.

The latest development follows a vote in November, when a majority of top-flight clubs voted in favour of changes to APT rules, prompted by a legal challenge sparked by Manchester City in June 2024 when the club deemed the rules to be part of “a tyranny of the majority”.