Ahead of Manchester United Europa League game against former boss Jose Mourinho has sparked what seems to be dead. The visit has given life back to the claims of the former manager which he said he is not giving up hope of earning a title-winning bonus from 2018 because of Manchester City’s ongoing legal case with the Premier League. In the 2018 season United finished second to Manchester City which was Mourinho’s final full campaign in charge at Old Trafford.
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Man City, who have since won four consecutive league titles, have been accused of breaking the Premier League’s financial rules between 2009 and 2018. Even though City has denied the 115 charges we still await the final outcome.
Should the club be found guilty, they could be stripped of silverware won during the period concerned. Jose Mourinho was asked about his old club before his current team Fenerbahce’s Europa League encounter with United in Istanbul on Thursday.
The Portuguese man made reference to the legal situation with City. The case is currently dealt with by an independent disciplinary commission that has unlimited sanctioning powers. Jose said: “As you know, we won the Europa League [in 2017] and we finished second in the Premier League [in 2018].”
He also said: “I think we still have a chance to win that league because maybe they punish Man City with points and maybe we win that league and then they have to pay me the bonus and give me the medal.”
Jose Mourinho praised the club for keeping faith with current manager Erik ten Hag during the present difficult spell. He said he has nothing against the club as he wishes them well. Jose said: “I wish the best to Man United since the moment I left.”
“I left with a good feeling to the club and with a good feeling to the fans. If things are not going amazingly well for them it’s not something that makes me happy.” “It doesn’t make sense for me to be thinking about what happened and what didn’t happen.”
“What happened for sure, because it’s very objective, is they keep faith in the coach, they support the coach, the coach is staying season after season and that means stability, it means trust, and they are giving him conditions to keep developing his job.
That was different in relation to me.” Mourinho said he was unaware he has never previously lost a home game against United.
He pointed out his previous encounters with them were with big clubs and said Fenerbahce would require the help of 35,000 home supporters in the stadium to stand any chance of victory. Talking about beating United he said: “We are going to try and we can do it, but there is a gap.”
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