7d
7d
Former
Tottenham boss
Mauricio Pochettino has fervently argued that
Spurs should be retrospectively crowned
Premier League champions because of
Chelsea's 'illegal' activity in the transfer market - and the numbers suggest he may well have a point.
Chelsea pipped
Spurs to the
Premier League title under
Antonio Conte in 2017‚ finishing the season on 93 points - seven clear of
Tottenham's 86 - but have since admitted to breaking the rules by making more than £47million in secret payments to unregistered agents and third parties to facilitate transfers. The
Blues were handed a record £10.75m fine for the breaches‚ a sanction regarded by many football fans as little more than a slap on the wrist given what
Chelsea went on to achieve with the team they had assembled.