Former Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba has spoken out regarding Manchester City’s recent guilty verdict.
United’s city neighbours have shocked the football world, as they have recently been found guilty of 114 out of 115 charges related to financial irregularities.
The BBC reports that, “Manchester City arranged ‘sham contracts’ with a number of commercial partners as part of a scheme to disguise secret funding of more than £830m, the Premier League says.”
Moreover, they have also been found guilty of “deliberate or reckless conduct intended to circumvent the Premier League rules”, and the “sham” scheme devised by City allowed the club “to avoid recording what would otherwise have been the largest single-season loss in Premier League history in 2009-10”.
Paul Pogba
Pogba played 226 times for the club in his second spell, scoring 39 goals.
The World Cup winner also won the Europa League and League Cup during his second spell at the club.
He originally joined the side in 2009 and spent three years in the youth team, making seven senior appearances before leaving for Juventus.
Stance on verdict
Pogba was at the Singapore Grand Prix at the weekend and was asked about the guilty verdict trackside.
Commenting on the matter to podcaster Zia-ul Raushan (via Footmercato), he initially played it safe by stating, “I have nothing to say, to be honest.”
Nonetheless, his response became a lot more interesting when Pogba joked, “I just hope this won’t affect the Premier League and that we’ll be able to reclaim two titles.”
Pogba was referring to his side finishing second in 2012 and also 2018 to Manchester City.
This refers to one of City’s potential punishments being the stripping of titles during the period in which they have been found guilty of cheating.
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