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Mauricio Pochettino on Man City charges: 'We lived through period of deception'
BBC • • general
Key Points:
- Mauricio Pochettino criticized Manchester City's conduct after an independent panel found the club guilty of breaching 114 out of 115 Premier League charges related to financial rules from 2009-10 to 2017-18.
- The panel also found City guilty of failing to cooperate with investigations between December 2018 and February 2023, with sanctions still pending and an appeal planned by the club.
- Pochettino, who managed Southampton, Tottenham, and Chelsea during the period in question, expressed disappointment over the damage caused to sporting fairness and questioned how to repair the trust and integrity lost.
- He highlighted the unfairness faced by clubs that followed the rules and lamented that the period was marked by deception, undermining the legitimacy of achievements celebrated during that time.
