# Pochettino: City's guilt reveals fan deception era

> Pochettino says Manchester City's financial rule breaches created an era of deception for fans
- Title: Pochettino: City's guilt reveals fan deception era | Shortify
- Summary: Pochettino says Manchester City's financial rule breaches created an era of deception for fans Manchester City's guilty verdict for 114 financial rule…
- Keywords: pochettino, manchester city, premier league, financial rules, tottenham hotspur, chelsea, uefa, premier league rules, financial fair play, sports, City's, guilt
- Source: the Guardian — https://theguardian.com/football/2026/sep/28/pochettino-manchester-city-verdict-tottenham-chelsea-southampton-usmnt
- Published: 2026-09-28T22:29:09+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: pochettino, manchester city, premier league, financial rules, tottenham hotspur, chelsea, uefa, premier league rules, financial fair play, sports
## Pochettino's verdict
US manager Mauricio Pochettino says Manchester City's guilty verdict shows fans 'lived through an era of deception'

> fans 'lived through an era of deception'
## City's 114 violations
Manchester City found guilty of 114 financial rule breaches between 2009 and 2018
## Pochettino's history
Pochettino managed Tottenham from 2014 to 2019 and Southampton before that
## Tottenham's struggle
Tottenham had 18 months without transfers while competing for titles
## Chelsea's punishment
Chelsea fined for undisclosed payments and banned from academy transfers
## Pochettino's stance
Pochettino says City's punishment should focus on systemic fixes, not retroactive penalties
## Pochettino's quote
Pochettino: 'We went through something where sporting fairness didn’t exist'

> We went through something where sporting fairness didn’t exist
## Key takeaway

Manchester City's guilty verdict for 114 financial rule violations shows fans experienced systemic deception