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Pochettino: no punishment can repair damage of Manchester City verdict
September 29, 2026 at 12:26 AM · Updated 17d ago
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5 reports · 2 in Arabic, 3 in English · over 10 hours
USMNT coach Mauricio Pochettino said the Premier League's guilty verdict against Manchester City showed fans lived through a period of deception.
- The Premier League found Manchester City guilty on 114 of 115 charges of breaching financial regulations between 2009 and 2018.
- Pochettino said fans "lived through a period of deception" and that no punishment could repair the damage from the breaches.
- Pochettino said Tottenham went 18 months without a signing while financial controls were strict with his club and lenient with others.
- Pochettino said the 2016-17 Premier League title won by Chelsea should have gone to second-placed Tottenham.
- Manchester City chief executive Ferran Soriano said the legal battle with the Premier League will take 'a lot more time' to conclude.
- Soriano defiantly told European club executives at a Copenhagen summit that the legal battle will continue for years and the club will be cleared.




