Not taking the PL to court, but they're defending (or obstructing, depending on who you speak to) theirselves against the PL's allegations and lawyers.
Given the amount of charges, and the volume of evidence, it's going to take a while.
Long time lurker, first time poster here! I’m not so sure this thing will take as long as some people will expect.
I was reading about this today, and it does seem the PL began their investigation in 2018 a little while after the whole Football Leaks / Der Spiegel exposé’s happened - I would assume the bulk of their investigation has been concluded by the time they referred charges to the independent commission in Feb this year (My take is that having seen how it played out with UEFA/CAS, the PL probably wanted an airtight prosecution before they made the charges official).
I suspect where we at right now is pre trial (almost a year on from when the PL charged City) - City’s lawyers now need to look at the evidence (they’ve probably been doing that since Feb), depositions etc. and prepare their defence as well, after which the commission will determine a date for hearings to begin. Once that date is confirmed, I’d expect trials to conclude within a year at worst because the PL have had 4 years to prepare their case.
Just my 2c on this, if I were a member PL club, I’d just ask the PL to provide transparent updates on where the cases with City and Chelsea (and any others) are at so that the public can have some faith that a verdict will be reached in due course.