Man City charges: Mourinho jokes Premier League case will outlast him

Man City charges: Mourinho jokes Premier League case will outlast himJose Mourinho, one of most outspoken against Man City spending when United manager, jibes EPL appeal to outlast him.Real Madrid manager Jose Mourinho joked that he may not live to see the end of Manchester City’s legal battle with the Premier League after the club appealed against a ruling that found it guilty of serious financial rule breaches.An independent commission found City guilty of all charges relating to breaches of Premier League financial regulations between the 2009-10 and 2017-18 seasons, as well as three of four charges relating to failures to cooperate with the investigation. City have denied wrongdoing and lodged an appeal.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Prosecutors in Maradona death trial seek sentences up to 12 yearslist 2 of 4CAS promises Senegal-Morocco AFCON title decision within dayslist 3 of 4UEFA details FIFA presidential candidate criteria in bid to oust Infantinolist 4 of 4‘Utmost respect’: Ronaldo pays tribute to Messi after Argentina farewellend of listThe Premier League said that City used “sham” commercial agreements to inflate revenue and understate costs by more than 900 million pounds ($1.19bn) over nearly a decade, resulting in inaccurate financial reporting and breaches of spending rules.Mourinho managed Manchester United from 2016 to 2018 and led them to a second-placed Premier League finish behind Pep Guardiola’s City in 2017-18.“I would rather laugh about it,” Mourinho said when asked about the case in an interview with Italy’s Corriere dello Sport.“I think we will eventually get an ending, but we are both in our 60s, and we’ll need to be lucky enough to still be around when the final verdict arrives.“There will be a verdict, then appeals, then more appeals.”Mourinho has long maintained that one of his greatest achievements in football management was finishing second behind Guardiola’s side, given their spending power at the time.The Portuguese manager, now 63, said in 2024 that he had not given up on being awarded a winner’s medal for the 2018 season.