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Pochettino: Chelsea Title Should Be Spurs'
10 Sep
Summary
- Pochettino claims Tottenham should get 2016-17 title.
- Chelsea admitted to undisclosed agent payment breaches.
- The Blues were fined £10.75million for rule violations.
Mauricio Pochettino, the former manager of both Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea, has asserted that his ex-Spurs team deserves the 2016-17 Premier League title. Chelsea, who finished seven points ahead of Tottenham that season, were later fined £10.75 million following admitted breaches of financial regulations under a previous ownership. Pochettino believes Chelsea's admitted violations mean the title should have been awarded to the second-place team.
Chelsea self-reported potential rule breaches after the 2022 takeover, admitting to £47 million in undisclosed payments to unregistered agents and third parties between 2011 and 2018. Pochettino stated that competing under different rules could have impacted Tottenham's performance, suggesting they might have signed different players or scored more goals. He emphasized that this is not a complaint but a statement of fact, asserting that the title belonged to the second-best team given the admitted rule-breaking.
