Man City told to 'pay with points' over 115 charges as explosive 'legal' claim made - SPORTbible

Manchester United should person won the 2017/18 Premier League title, according to Jose Mourinho, who has erstwhile again made immoderate telling comments astir Manchester City and their ongoing FFP case.

Mourinho, who has repeatedly claimed that guiding his United broadside to runners-up spot successful the Premier League was 1 of his top achievements, continues to beryllium vocal connected the subject.

Back successful February 2023, the Premier League charged Manchester City with breaking fiscal just play rules connected 115 occasions implicit a nine-year period.

City allegedly failed to supply close fiscal information, according to the Premier League, portion the nine person denied immoderate wrongdoing, claiming they person an "irrefutable assemblage of evidence" that volition beryllium them innocent.

A backstage proceeding was held successful December but a verdict has inactive not been reached.

Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola stock the Etihad touchline successful 2018. Image credit: Getty

In the meantime, Jose Mourinho has not fixed up connected winning the league rubric amid City's ineligible case.

In fact, during an interrogation with Canal 11 this week, the Portuguese manager suggested those who interruption FFP rules should "pay successful points" earlier claiming erstwhile much than Manchester United should person won the Premier League successful 2017/18.

"There's a captious infinitesimal astatine that club, not lone with Sir Alex's departure, but besides with David Gill's. David Moyes came in, but erstwhile my Netflix documentary comes out, the communicative volition beryllium told," helium said erstwhile asked astir United.

"I'll get later, and erstwhile I arrive, I'll get astatine a nine inactive going done that period. We won respective things, we finished 2nd successful the league. I inactive accidental I don't recognize clubs that are punished with fiscal just play and wage [in cash]."

Mourinho added: "I deliberation they should wage points. Manchester City was punished, and legally, we should person won the league. But it wasn't capable for maine to person stability, continuity."

Mourinho and Guardiola pictured again successful 2017. Image credit: Getty

This isn't the archetypal clip Jose Mourinho has mentioned 115 charges case

Last year, up of Fenerbahce's Europa League clash against Manchester United, Mourinho reflected connected his clip astatine Old Trafford erstwhile helium appeared to allude to the anticipation of City being stripped of titles if they are recovered blameworthy successful its ineligible battle.

"As you know, we won the Europa League, we finished 2nd successful the Premier League," helium said.

"I deliberation we inactive person a accidental to triumph that league due to the fact that possibly they punish Man City with points, and possibly we triumph that league. Then they person to wage maine the bonus and springiness maine my medal."