Newcastle manager Steve Bruce said he "would not be surprised" if the Premier League had been pressured by other clubs to stop the Magpies' takeover.
It was alleged in a tribunal on Wednesday that the league had been "improperly influenced" by "major clubs" and had "abused its position".
Premier League chief Richard Masters has said there was no lobbying.
But Bruce said: "You wouldn't want another big player on the patch would you? So it wouldn't surprise me, no."
The claim that "a number of major clubs" and BeIn Sports had lobbied the Premier League during the takeover bid by a Saudi Arabian-led consortium was made by Daniel Jowell QC, who was representing St James Holdings in its Competition Appeal Tribunal against the Premier League.