Yasin Patel comments on the Manchester City case in BBC Sport

Yasin Patel has provided comment in BBC Sport on the long anticipated ruling in the case between the Premier League and Manchester City over the club’s alleged breaches of its financial rules.

“The legal teams involved… I’m pretty sure the Premier League has never come up against anything like this.

“The team of lawyers Manchester City have assembled… call it a super team if you want. There’s a lot riding on it for the Premier League as well as Manchester City.

“I think the Premier League will have been taken aback, as well as the arbitration panel really, how Manchester City have come with their defence.

“They’ve been defending from right up front, attacking the Premier League in terms of their defence and making sure they’ve been aggressive in terms of what they’ve said the Premier League is wrong on.”

Yasin’s comments were published in BBC Sport, 14 August 2025.