Manchester City have launched numerous legal challenges against the Premier League’s 115 charges for alleged breaches of financial rules including raising an extraordinary objection to the involvement of the barrister running the process — he is an Arsenal fan.
Murray Rosen KC, head of the Premier League’s independent judicial panel, will appoint the chair of the independent disciplinary commission who will hear City’s case.
In a series of challenges to the Premier League’s legal process City are believed to have raised the issue of Rosen’s support for Arsenal.
The club have also questioned whether recent changes to Premier League rules should apply to the investigation into alleged breaches which occurred at an earlier date.