The English Premier League (EPL) spent more than £45 million ($60 million) on legal costs last season as it fights to uphold its rules.
The league is involved in two separate legal disputes with four-times-in-a-row champions Manchester City, while it is also investigating Chelsea over alleged irregular payments linked to the club’s former owner Roman Abramovich.
On top of that, there have been legal cases connected to its profit and sustainability rules (PSR) involving Everton and Nottingham Forest, who were docked points last season, and Leicester who will not now face an independent commission over an alleged breach.
The league’s chief football officer Tony Scholes will present refereeing and VAR data to clubs from the first weeks of the season at the upcoming meeting in London, which it is expected to show a positive picture in contrast to some of the criticism of officiating from top-flight managers in the opening weeks.
Scholes will also provide an update on testing of new semi-automated offside tech
nology, which clubs unanimously agreed in April to introduce at some stage in the current campaign.
The intention at the time was an introduction after one of this autumn’s international breaks, with the next one falling in October.
Source: Oman News Agency
