Paris St Germain and Zenit were also handed punishment by UEFA
Jose
Mourinho took a swipe at Manchester City as Chelsea prepared for their
trip to the Etihad Stadium, claiming UEFA must take points and titles
from clubs who fail to comply with Financial Fair Play.
The Chelsea boss said it would be a fairer punishment than the fines and squad restrictions which City have faced this year.
‘Everybody
knows there are fines and, if these fines exist, control exists,’ said
Mourinho, in an interview with Portuguese broadcasters TVI. ‘But are
fines fair? I don’t think so. In my opinion the first thing is to remove
points and remove titles.
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Jose Mourinho claims clubs who fail to comply with FFP should be thrown out of the Champions League
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James Milner and Martin Demichelis tackle Arjen Robben during Manchester City's defeat at Bayern Munich
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Chelsea have been unashamedly bankrolled by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich
‘If
you have important capital which allows you to overcome the FFP; if you
win titles and then you are fined economically, you keep doing the same
thing.’
Mourinho
added with a shrug: ‘They will take from you one or two players from
the Champions League list. Then, instead of 24, you go with 22. But if
you’re stating that you will start the next Champions League with six
points fewer, or you won’t play in the next edition of the Champions
League and go into the Europa League instead, it’s more serious.’
UEFA
punished City, Paris Saint-German and Zenit St Petersburg this year for
breaking FFP rules. City were fined £50million — though this will be
reduced if they comply in future — and they had their squad for this
year’s Champions League campaign cut to 21 players.
After
years of huge cash losses, Chelsea worked hard to comply with FFP and
this week, chief executive Ron Gourlay admitted the club had changed its
policy from the days when they were unashamedly bankrolled by Roman
Abramovich. Gourlay says they now have to ‘chase the penny’.
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Goalkeeper Joe Hart keeps Thomas Muller at bay at the Allianz Arena on Wednesday night
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