Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

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Manchester City have accused the Premier League of being "misleading" over the verdict in its landmark legal case on rules over commercial deals.

City have written to top-flight clubs criticising the league's summary of the case verdict, saying it contains "several inaccuracies".

The letter to the 19 clubs and the league, seen by the BBC, was sent by City’s general counsel Simon Cliff on Monday.

City, who are owned by the Abu Dhabi-backed City Football Group, had some complaints upheld, with two aspects of the associated party transaction (APT) rules deemed unlawful by a tribunal.

They have claimed their legal action had "succeeded".

However, the Premier League also welcomed the tribunal's findings, saying it rejected the majority of Manchester City's challenges and "endorsed the overall objectives, framework and decision-making of the APT system".

APTs are aimed at sponsorship deals with companies linked to clubs' owners, ensuring they are of fair market value.

City are not commenting on the letter.

The Premier League has also declined to comment, but a senior source has told BBC Sport that it rejects any view that its summary of the ruling was misleading or inaccurate.

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Chris Sutton
Ex-Premier League striker on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Former Chelsea striker Chris Sutton says it is "amazing" Michail Antonio is still in the West Ham team, given "all of the competition" including German striker Niclas Fullkrug.

"I’ve got to say I loved Fullkrug in the Euros, he kept popping off the bench and making an impact, I thought he would be the main guy for West Ham but he’s barely played," Sutton told BBC 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

“When a manager brings somebody else in his [Antonio's] position, he must have been thinking “Well I’m going to be surplus to requirements, but also I’m gonna knuckle down and I’m going to show the manager I’m still worth a place, and I’m gonna fight for my shirt” and that’s a great attitude to have.

"He’s getting on a little bit now but he still has brilliant attributes. Under David Moyes, his team could be direct at times and get the ball into him, he’s a brilliant out ball, he gets his team up the pitch, links up pretty well and he has an eye for a goal.

"Fair play to Antonio for keeping proving himself season in, season out.”

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Former Barcelona and current Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola is "grateful" for Andres Iniesta's impact on his 2008 Barcelona team.

"Having one of the most important talents that was Andres, at that moment we had just one point out of six, and we were almost in relegation," Guardiola told Iniesta's Instagram account, recalling a bad start to the season Barcelona made under his tenure.

"But when a player like Andres tells you you're on the right path, people are happy. Everything will be fine, it will be fine.

"It gave me a boost of energy to keep going and I will always be grateful."

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Spain World Cup winner Andres Iniesta has retired from playing at the age of 40.

Iniesta is widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, thanks in part to the midfield partnerships he formed with Xavi Hernandez and Sergio Busquets for Spain and Barcelona.

He earned 131 caps for his country, scoring the winning goal in the 2010 Fifa World Cup final and winning the European Championship in 2008 and 2012.

"I never thought this day would come. I never imagined it," he said.

"Yes, all these tears we have shed these days are tears of emotion, of pride.

"They are not tears of sadness. They are tears of that boy from a small town like Fuentealbilla, who had the dream of being a footballer and we achieved it after a lot of hard work, sacrifice, of never giving up, essential values in my life."

Iniesta spent the majority of his 22-year career at Barcelona after graduating from the club's La Masia academy.

Read the full story on Iniesta's retirement here.

Former Manchester United manager David Moyes praises current Red Devils boss Erik ten Hag's resilience in the face of pressure.

Moyes spoke to BBC Sport at Monday's Legends of Football event.

Shay Given
Former Man City goalkeeper on BBC Radio 5 Live

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Former Premier League goalkeeper Shay Given says Liverpool's Caoimhin Kelleher has "an opportunity again," as the Reds' first-choice keeper Alisson Becker is sidelined through injury.

"This summer was the perfect time for Caoimhin to move on and show everyone that he's good enough because obviously he's number one for Ireland at the minute and we [Ireland] need him to be playing regularly in the Premier League. That's the level he's at," he told BBC Radio 5 Live's Monday Night Club.

"Each game that goes by, where he doesn't play, is a game he can't get back. He's got one career, one life and one opportunity at being a top Premier League goalkeeper and it's slipping away from him.

"He needs to get playing regular football. That's the bottom line."

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Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at St George’s Park

This is the first time that Lee Carsley has been able to name Phil Foden, Jude Bellingham and Cole Palmer in the same England squad.

All three of those players like to operate in the number 10 role although Bellingham has been playing deeper for Real Madrid this season.

Lee Carsley has already made clear that he doesn’t focus on positions and cares more about players attributes.

That means that there is a chance that we could see all three in a potentially exciting England line up.

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Wales captain Aaron Ramsey has been “back on the grass” in his recovery from a hamstring injury that could see him back for Cardiff City within a month.

Ramsey, 33, was ruled out for up to 10 weeks after suffering the problem in Wales’ 2-1 Nations League win in Montenegro at the start of September.

It saw him ruled out of this week’s game with Iceland and the return fixture with Montenegro, as well as missing the Bluebirds' last five Championship matches.

But Cardiff interim manager Omer Riza has provided an update on the midfielder’s return, saying: “He’s been out on the grass a couple of times.

“He has still got three or four weeks of rehab. It’s a slow process.

"He’s very professional, he wants to get himself fit and does it in the way he needs to do it. He’ll follow the guidelines to get himself back to full fitness.”

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Scotland's injury problems continue to mount, with goalkeeper Angus Gunn ruled out of the Nations League matches against Croatia and Portugal.

The 28-year-old took a knock to the ribs and was withdrawn at half-time during Norwich City's win over Hull City on Saturday.

Gunn's absence makes a return for veteran Craig Gordon likely.

Kilmarnock's Robby McCrorie has been drafted in and joins fellow uncapped keeper Jon McCracken in Steve Clarke's squad.

There is also a first call up for Aberdeen left-back Jack MacKenzie, 24, to replace Greg Taylor.

The Celtic defender is recovering from a calf problem sustained in last week's Champions League defeat by Borussia Dortmund.

MacKenzie's Pittodrie team-mate Nicky Devlin had already received a first call, along with Preston centre-half Liam Lindsay and West Ham midfielder Andy Irving.

Gunn and Taylor take the tally of unavailable players to 12, including influential vice-captain John McGinn.

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Former Manchester United manager David Moyes believes Erik ten Hag has done a "brilliant" job so far for the Red Devils.

"I think he showed brilliant resilience in the situation he's in. I think he should be credited for how well he's conducted himself," said Moyes at a Legends of Football event.

"He's as far as I know, I don't see him ducking any questions or any media interviews with you people put forward to him so I think you have to give him great credit for that.

"But it's a job which is going to attract immense pressure, immense people talking. So I have to say, I think he's doing a brilliant job."

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Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at St George’s Park

There are 21 players training in today’s England session at St George’s Park.

Only captain Harry Kane is missing the session and is a doubt for the game against Greece on Thursday.

However, as he is still with the group, he has a chance to play in the game against Finland on Sunday.

Morgan Gibbs-White, Ezri Konsa and Kobbie Mainoo withdrew from the squad through injury yesterday.

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BBC News sports editor Dan Roan speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live about Manchester City's legal challenge against the Premier League: "Who’s won? I think that is the key question. In truth there’s something in this 175-page ruling for both sides.

"In a statement the Premier League welcomed the panel’s findings, saying that they upheld the need for the associated party transaction rules system as a whole and endorsed its objectives and framework.

"However, it's undoubtedly significant that the panel also ruled that these rules were unlawful in two areas. Firstly the exclusion of low-interest loans that clubs receive from their owners and secondly amendments brought in earlier this year that effectively toughened up these regulations.

"So the Premier League referred to these as a small number of discrete elements in the rules which did not comply with competition law. But City insisted this proved they had actually succeeded in their claim, that the rules had been found to be unfair, that the Premier League had been found to have abused its dominant position and it noted that the panel ruled that the league had also unfairly blocked city from agreeing two sponsorship deals with Abu Dhabi-based companies."

Alex Howell
BBC football news reporter at St George’s Park

England interim head coach Lee Carsley is out on the pitch with his assistants Ashley Cole and Joleon Lescott here at St George’s Park.

There’s 22 players left in the squad after the withdrawals of Kobbie Mainoo, Morgan Gibbs-White and Ezri Konsa.

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More from sports lawyer Chris Farnell on whether the verdict on Manchester City's legal challenge over commercial rules will have any influence on City's separate 115 charges for allegedly breaking Premier League financial regulations:

"The trouble is we don’t know exactly the full extent of all of the charges and what it relates to but it clearly is going to have an impact in relation to those figures that were provided by Manchester City.

"It may have an impact in relation to those particular sponsorship types but the charges that Manchester City face are much more significant than just two sponsorship transactions."

Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

The Premier League has declined to comment publicly on Manchester City’s accusation that their response to the APT tribunal panel’s ruling was “misleading”. (See more at 10:22).

A senior source there has told BBC Sport that it rejects any view that their summary of the ruling was misleading or inaccurate.

A consultation with the clubs is now underway. They are meeting next Thursday to discuss the fallout, but there will be no vote at that stage.

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Sports lawyer Chris Farnell speaking to BBC Radio 5 Live on the broader effect of the outcome of Manchester City's legal challenge against the Premier League: "In particular the Premier League will have to go back and look at how quickly they respond and how quickly they provide clubs that have submitted a deal. How quickly they have to give an answer to that and the data they have to give the club in order to analyse that particular deal. So yes, it will have an impact on other clubs, you're looking at Newcastle and Arsenal etc.

"Obviously the bigger point in terms of effect on clubs is whether or not those loans from the owners are taken into consideration so they now have to be. So there will be a much broader impact from that part of it.

"The earlier part, the timing of how quickly the Premier League have to react that’s something that will be dealt with quite quickly and I don’t think that’s going to take too much of a change to do that.

"But the other point it may take some more time for the Premier League to get their head round what they need to do on that."

David Moyes
Former Man Utd manager

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Former Manchester United manager David Moyes has spoken about current boss Erik ten Hag being under pressure at Old Trafford:

"Well, I've been there, and I know that. I know that's an unbelievable club with a lot of pressure. Everybody wants to talk about it. For me, it's the biggest club in the world, which is talked about whatever city you go into," said the Scot,

"So, it comes with the territory and Manchester United want to win. Supporters want to win. And every manager who goes into the job wants to win as well."

Manchester City

More from Manchester City's letter to the Premier League and other clubs:

"Irefer to the PL’s summary below of the tribunal’s award. Regrettably, the summary is misleading and contains several inaccuracies. To assist member clubs with their understanding of the Award, I have provided clarifications in this email.

"Of even greater concern, however, is the PL’s suggestion that new APT rules should be passed within the next 10 days.

"When the PL consulted on and proposed the original APT Rules in late 2021, we pointed out that the process (which took several weeks) was rushed, ill-thought-out and would result in rules that were anti-competitive. The recent award has validated those concerns entirely."

City on the potential for further legal action: "Given the findings in the award, this is the time for careful reflection and consideration by all clubs, and not for a knee-jerk reaction. Such an unwise course would be likely to lead to further legal proceedings with further legal costs. It is critical for member clubs to feel that they can have trust in their regulator.."

The BBC has asked the Premier League for a response to City's letter.

Dan Roan
BBC sports editor

Manchester City have sent a letter to other Premier League clubs claiming the Premier League summary of the tribunal verdict in the associated parties transaction case is misleading.

This letter - which the BBC has obtained - was sent last night by City’s general counsel Simon Cliff to the other 19 clubs and to the Premier League in response to a letter that league CEO Richard Masters had sent the clubs in the wake of the tribunal decision

"The tribunal has declared the APT Rules to be unlawful. MCFC’s position is that this means that all of the APT rules are void, and have been since 2021," says Cliff.