Pochettino: Spurs should be awarded Chelsea’s PL title from 2017
Mauricio Pochettino has claimed Tottenham should be awarded the Premier League title from 2016-17 campaign.
Pochettino guided Spurs to second during that season behind Chelsea, who finished champions by seven points under Antonio Conte.
Chelsea have since been charged by the Premier League for historical breaches of competition rules and were fined £10.75m in March, along with being hit by an immediate nine-month academy transfer ban.
The Premier League found that, between 2011 and 2018, undisclosed payments by third parties associated with the club were made to players, unregistered agents and other parties.
The league said Chelsea had breached its rules by failing to disclose the payments, although it concluded the club would not have breached its financial rules had the payments been included in their historical submissions.
Information was shared by owner Todd Boehly after his consortium completed its takeover of the west London club in 2022 and Chelsea were also charged by the Football Association with 74 alleged breaches of the governing body’s rules.
United States boss Pochettino, during a wide-ranging chat with UK media earlier this week, said: “We should win one title, one Premier League. We should have been awarded it.
“They were punished, they admitted, so that’s it? The title should be for the team that was second.
“It’s true that we didn’t compete with the same rules. OK, now we can say that they scored goals, they won games, and like this. OK, that’s it, but it’s completely fair to say that we didn’t compete before the start of the season with the same card.
“Maybe with the same rules, if we apply the same things, maybe we could’ve signed some players that would have made the team better or scored more goals. It’s not me complaining. It’s the truth. If they admitted they broke the rules, the Premier League title was for the second best team.
“I’m not scared to say the truth. The Chelsea fans will be upset with me because I’m saying this, but if we were at Tottenham and broke the rules I’d admit the same.”
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