Spurs should be awarded 2016-17 title - Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino believes Chelsea should be stripped of the Premier League title for 2016-17, when his Tottenham team finished runners-up.
Mauricio Pochettino, the former Tottenham manager, has argued that the club should have been awarded the Premier League title for the 2016-17 season. Pochettino's team finished as runners-up, trailing Chelsea by seven points, but he believes they should have been deemed the champions due to the FA Cup semi-final loss to Chelsea.
In March 2023, Chelsea was fined £10.75 million by the Premier League for historical breaches of competition rules, resulting in a six-point deduction. The club's owners, Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital, had admitted to making £47 million in secret payments to unregistered agents and third parties over transfers from 2011 to 2018.
Pochettino, who managed Tottenham from 2014 to 2019, stated: "We should win one title, one Premier League. We should have been awarded it." He added that Chelsea's admission of rule-breaking made the title for the second-best team, which was his Tottenham side.
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