Aston Villa owner to support Man City in their legal battle against Premier League

Aston Villa co-owner Nassef Sawiris has come out publicly in support of Manchester City, who are in the midst of a legal battle against the Premier League. City are challenging the Premier League’s amended associated party transaction (APT) rules.
The 20 clubs in the English top-flight are scheduled to vote on a fresh set of proposals around the regulations on Friday and, ahead of the voting, the defending champions wrote to the other 19 clubs last week stating their case. City's letter seems to have convinced Villa to take their side.
Speaking to 'The Telegraph', Sawiris said “we will be voting against the proposed APT rules", as he explained: “In our view, a vote in 90 days on amended terms taking into consideration the Tribunal’s findings will have a significantly greater chance of securing the unanimous support of all 20 Premier League clubs".
The feud between the club lead by Guardiola and the Premier League has grown bitter in recent times. The ATP rules case is just one example of the ongoing battle between the two, and is separate from City's alleged 115 charges by the Premier League for financial breaches.