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  "id": 6570590,
  "title": "EPL: Pochettino demands Premier League strip Chelsea of 2016-17 title",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/epl-pochettino-demands-premier-league-strip-chelsea-of-2016-17-title-6570590",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-10T10:20:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
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    "url": "https://punchng.com/epl-pochettino-demands-premier-league-strip-chelsea-of-2016-17-title/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mauricio Pochettino, the former Tottenham Hotspur manager, has demanded that Chelsea be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title. The Argentine claims that Tottenham should have been awarded the championship, which they finished runners-up to Antonio Conte's Chelsea that season. Pochettino argues that Chelsea broke historical transfer rules involving undisclosed payments connected to transfers and third parties, and should have been punished accordingly. Despite Chelsea's fine of £10.75 million for these breaches, they remain officially recognized as the champions of the 2016-17 Premier League season.",
  "summary": "Mauricio Pochettino demands Chelsea be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title and it be awarded to his former Spurs side after financial breaches. Read More: https://punchng.com/epl-pochettino-demands-premier-league-strip-chelsea-of-2016-17-title/",
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        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
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        "published": "2026-09-10T07:25:16.000Z"
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        "outlet": "BBC Sport Football",
        "title": "Spurs should be awarded 2016-17 title - Pochettino",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/spurs-should-be-awarded-2016-17-title-pochettino",
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      {
        "outlet": "Punch Nigeria",
        "title": "EPL: Pochettino demands Premier League strip Chelsea of 2016-17 title",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/epl-pochettino-demands-premier-league-strip-chelsea-of-2016-17-title",
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        "outlet": "IOL",
        "title": "Pochettino says Spurs deserve 16/17 Premier League title over Chelsea breaches",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/pochettino-says-spurs-deserve-16-17-premier-league-title-over-chelsea",
        "published": "2026-09-10T10:57:00.000Z"
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/10/meet-the-five-foreign-coaches-in-the-2026-27-ghana-premier-league",
        "published": "2026-09-10T12:12:02.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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