Mourinho: I could be a Premier League champion with United if City are punished | OneFootball

Fenerbahce manager Jose Mourinho has said that he could still become a Premier League Champion with Manchester United if Manchester City are retroactively docked points due to alleged breaches of Premier League rules.

Mourinho finished second in the Premier League in 2017/18, 19 points behind centurions Manchester City. Now facing charges of breaking Premier League financial rules, City could potentially be stripped of their titles or docked points if found guilty.

Preparing to host United in the Europa League, he said he is still proud of what he achieved at Old Trafford, even if the club were not as patient with him as they have been with Ten Hag.

He said: “We won the Europa League, we finished second in the Premier League. 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.

“Honestly, I didn’t lose one minute thinking about [Manchester United since I have left].

“I wish the best to Man United since the moment I left. I left with a good feeling to the club and the fans, and I want the best for them, so if things are not going amazingly well for them, it is not something that makes me happy, but at the same time I have no time and it doesn’t make sense for me to be thinking about what happened, what didn’t happen.”

He continued, saying that United will not be afraid of playing in Turkey and he will do as much as he can to close the gap between the two teams, adding that he had only beaten United in the past with stronger teams.

“I think there is no connection with the past. When I have played Manchester United I played with big teams. Porto a few months later became European Champions, Real Madrid was Real Madrid, Chelsea was Chelsea.

“We are going to try, and we can do it, but there is a gap. Our work is to try to close that gap and to go for it, and we are going for it.

“Of course, tomorrow I want to win, that is the basic of football, but I wish [United] the best. They have a better team than the results are showing. They will succeed sooner or later, hopefully. Today they are my opponents for one match, and of course tomorrow the feelings during the 90 minutes there are no feelings.

“If they come thinking it is going to be easy, I think is the wrong approach. Unfortunately for us, I don’t think that will be the approach. They know it will be difficult for them, they will come with maximum strength, I don’t think they are going to make rotations. That is what I would do.”