据称政府对缺乏事先警告感到不满，伯纳姆此前曾批评该联赛对埃弗顿的制裁。安迪·伯纳姆对曼城辩论的介入重新点燃了英超联赛与首相之间的紧张关系。据了解，政府官员对未能获悉独立委员会关于9亿英镑财务操纵和“虚假合同”的严厉判决将于本周公布感到不满，而且伯纳姆的回应也没有受到几家担心其与曼城老板关系的英超俱乐部的欢迎。
Government said to be unhappy at lack of warning Burnham previously criticised league’s Everton sanction Andy Burnham’s intervention in the Manchester City debate has revived tensions between the Premier League and the prime minister. Government officials are understood to be unhappy they were not given notice that the independent commission’s damning judgment of £900m of financial manipulation and “sham contracts” would be published this week and Burnham’s response has not gone down well with several Premier League clubs concerned by his relationship with City’s owners.
英超联赛于周二公布了该委员会报告的40页经修订版本，不久之后便是伯纳姆作为工党领袖在工党大会上的首次主题演讲。
The Premier League published a redacted 40-page version of the commission’s report on Tuesday, not long after Burnham’s first keynote speech as leader at the Labour party conference.