Pochettino: Spurs should have 2016-17 title
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Key points
- Pochettino argues Chelsea's rule breaches mean Tottenham deserve the 2016-17 title they finished second in
- Chelsea fined £10.75m and had six-point deduction set aside after admitting 74 FA breaches and £47m in secret agent payments
- The Spurs manager says unfair competition rules meant his team could not have signed players to match Chelsea's squad
AI summary
Mauricio Pochettino has called for Tottenham to be retroactively awarded the 2016-17 Premier League title, arguing that Chelsea's admitted breaches of competition rules invalidate their seven-point winning margin that season. Chelsea self-reported 74 FA breaches when Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital took over in 2022, including £47m in undisclosed payments to agents and third parties between 2011 and 2018.
The current USA coach, who managed Spurs from 2014 to 2019, said his team competed under different conditions and could have strengthened their squad had they operated under the same rules. He stopped short of calling it a complaint, but insisted the title should go to the runners-up if the champions broke the rules.
Original headline
Spurs should be awarded 2016-17 title - Pochettino
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