Last season, the Premier League spent over £45 million on legal costs to uphold its rules. The league is currently involved in two legal disputes with Manchester City, and is also investigating Chelsea for alleged irregular payments linked to former owner Roman Abramovich.
Furthermore, there have been legal challenges related to its profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) involving Everton and Nottingham Forest, who were punished points last season, as well as Leicester City, who will not now face an independent commission over an alleged infraction.
The PA news agency understands that the fees have been included in material emailed to clubs ahead of Thursday’s Premier League shareholders meeting in central London.
The meeting is the first since an appeals panel ruled in Leicester’s favour in their dispute with the Premier League over an alleged PSR breach.
The appeal panel rejected Leicester’s contention that an independent commission established under Premier League auspices lacked jurisdiction to hear the matter because the team was in the Championship when the final set of accounts for their PSR calculation were disclosed.
