Jose Mourinho needs the Premier League winners’ medal for his 2017-18 Manchester United team if Town are stripped of titles in the future, which could see the Pink Devils awarded the EPL crown instead. The Portuguese tactician, who won the Premier League three times with Chelsea and now coaches Fenerbahce, led United to second place behind Town that year with a 19-point deficit.
Pep Guardiola’s team, four times consecutive king of the EPL, was remitted to a sovereign fine in February 2023 for charges from the period 2009-2018, which was denied having committed irregularities. If the city is sooner or later found responsible for those feesThey can be stripped of titles, emissions deducted, accidents with consequences and considerable fines.
“We won the Europa League and finished second in the Premier League,” Mourinho said ahead of United’s UEFA Europa League clash against Fenerbahce. “I think we still have a chance to win that league. Maybe they punish City with points (deductions) and maybe we win that league. They have to pay me the bonus and give me the medal.”
Until Mourinho that year, Sir Alex Ferguson’s triumph in 2012-13 was the great gift that a manager had led to United even making a name for themselves in the Premier League. The former Inter, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur and AS Roma player was fired at the end of 2018 and after a bad spell. Ferguson is known as United’s most successful manager and left his role because the club’s international ambassador, then co-owner of INEOS, ended his lucrative engagement.
“The role of ambassador… I don’t know the situation in depth,” Mourinho said of the 82-year-old. “It doesn’t matter why, what (happened). Sir Alex has the most important thing, which is the love and respect of all Manchester United fans around the world. That is more important than an ambassador role, it is more important “Some pounds you can gain that you don’t need.”
Mourinho is already under pressure in Turkiye with Fenerbahce fourth in the Super Lig table and eight points behind leaders Galatasaray with a game in hand. The Turkish giants are in the Europa League because they were eliminated in the UEFA Champions League qualifying round by Lille OSC.
