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Thursday briefing: Premier League to go ahead with APT rules vote despite Villa’s call for delay

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21 November 2024 - 4:30 AM

The Premier League has told Aston Villa it plans to proceed with tomorrow’s vote on proposed amendments to its Associated Party Transaction (APT) rules despite the club calling for it to be postponed.

It comes after Villa argued, in a letter written to top-flight teams, that the vote should be pushed back by 90 days and warned that the Premier League will be “weakened” by any further public conflict with City.

As reported by The Guardian, the league is understood to have written

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