The 7 Premier League clubs who blocked the proposed ban on 'related-party loans'

The seven Premier League clubs who blocked the ban on signing players from sister teams have been revealed.

Premier League outfits voted against a temporary ban on incoming loan deals between clubs with the same owners, after crunch talks at a shareholders meeting on Tuesday.

The fast-tracked ban proposal was not supported by the 14 top-flight members needed to implement the change, missing out by just one vote after a 13-7 ballot was returned.

It means the likes of Newcastle will be free to trade with PIF-backed teams from Saudi Arabia.

According to The Times, Saudi-owned Sheffield United and Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City were two of the seven clubs who voted against the 'related-party loans' ban.

The newspaper claims the other five teams were: Chelsea, Newcastle, Wolves, Everton and Nottingham Forest. The majority of the seven teams are part of multi-club empires.

Clubs often use others in their network to send players on loan to gain experience, and many did not want to risk that avenue being closed.

For Newcastle, it means they are still able to agree loan moves with Saudi teams owned by PIF, who have an 80 per-cent stake at St James’ Park.

With £52million Sandro Tonali banned for illegal gambling until August, the likes of Al-Hilal midfielder Ruben Neves had been discussed as an option.

Others such as Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kante, Roberto Firmino, Aleksandar Mitrovic, Sadio Mane and Aymeric Laporte also play for PIF-owned teams.

According to one club chief, representatives from some of the remaining 13 clubs were furious that newly-promoted outfit Sheffield United had voted against the ban. The Blades are owned by Saudi prince Abdullah bin Musaid Al Saud.

The proposal to prevent loan deals from happening was initially put