Mauricio Pochettino spoke about the affair of the 115 accusations against Manchester City, while the English press reported last week that the club would have been found guilty of 114 infractions out of 115 concerning its accounts between 2009 and 2018. The former coach of Tottenham and Chelsea, now coach of the United States, considers it difficult to establish a sanction commensurate with the alleged facts: “It is very difficult, when you are found guilty of 114 out of 115 charges, to determine the fair punishment. Other clubs, such as Nottingham Forest or Everton, have broken the rules and received different sanctions, whether points withdrawn or fines.he said. “It’s a very delicate situation, all the more surprising given the verdict. It is legitimate to wonder where the controls were for such offenses to be committed. This is what strikes me the most. »
Pochettino also recalled the difficulties encountered by Tottenham during his time at the club, notably with a period of 18 months without recruitment. For him, any sanctions imposed on City will not be able to erase the consequences of this period on the Premier League: “why were the controls so strict with us and not as strict with others? That’s why I say everything is very strange, and the problem is that everything has become opaque. If it is true that they broke 114 rules, we have lived through a period of deception. No sanction will repair the damage, and the Premier League’s control system is seriously compromised. »
