Last season, the Premier League incurred legal fees exceeding £45 million in its efforts to enforce its regulations.
The league is looking into Chelsea over suspected improper payments connected to the club’s former owner, Roman Abramovich, and it is engaged in two separate legal fights with Manchester City, the four-time winners.
In addition, there have been court proceedings pertaining to its profit and sustainability regulations (PSR) involving Leicester City, who will not be subject to an independent commission due to an alleged violation, and Everton and Nottingham Forest, who were deducted points for the previous season.
The information provided to clubs before to this Thursday’s Premier League shareholders meeting in central London includes the fees, as far as the PA news agency is aware.
The gathering is the first since an appellate panel ruled in favor of Leicester in their legal battle with the Premier League over a purported PSR violation.
The appeal panel agreed with Leicester’s contention that, as the club was playing in the Championship at the time the final set of accounts from their PSR calculation were released, an independent committee established under Premier League sponsorship lacked authority to consider the matter.
