Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Mauricio Pochettino has demanded that Chelsea be stripped of their 2016-17 Premier League title.
Pochettino said Tottenham should be awarded the title after Chelsea were punished for historical financial breaches.
Chelsea were fined 10.75 million pounds in March after the Premier League found historical breaches, with a proposed six point deduction later set aside on appeal.
Pochettino, who managed Tottenham when they finished runners up to Antonio Conte's Chelsea in 2017, believes the punishment should have resulted in the title being handed to Spurs.
"We should win one title, one Premier League. We should have been awarded it," Pochettino said.
"Chelsea were punished, they admitted, so that's it? The title should be for the team that was second," he added.
Chelsea finished seven points clear of Tottenham in the 2016-17 season, with Spurs recording their highest Premier League finish under Pochettino.
The Argentine manager said Tottenham had competed under different financial circumstances and suggested they could have strengthened their squad further if same rules had applied.
"It's true that we didn't compete with the same rules," Pochettino said.
He added that Tottenham might have signed players who could have improved the team and helped them score more goals.
"It's not me complaining, it's the truth," he said.
Pochettino managed Tottenham from 2014 to 2019 and guided the club to the 2019 Champions League final. However, he left the club without a major trophy, with the 2016-17 Premier League campaign representing their best finish during his tenure.
He later managed Chelsea during the 2023-24 season and is currently in charge of the United States national team.
DailyVista247 gathered that Chelsea self reported 74 potential breaches of Football Association rules following the takeover by Todd Boehly and Clearlake Capital in 2022.
The club admitted that 47 million pounds in secret payments had been made to unregistered agents and third parties between 2011 and 2018.
The payments were linked to a number of transfers, including those involving Eden Hazard, Samuel Eto'o, Willian, Ramires, David Luiz, Andre Schurrle and Nemanja Matic. There was no suggestion that the players themselves had committed wrongdoing.
The Premier League said its recalculation of Chelsea's historical financial submissions showed the club would not have breached Profitability and Sustainability Rules had the payments been properly registered.
As a result, the proposed points deduction was not considered appropriate.
Chelsea's 10 million pounds fine was also reduced by 50 per cent because of the club's proactive self reporting and cooperation with investigation. An additional 750,000 pounds fine was imposed over academy player registration breaches between 2019 and 2022, alongside a nine month academy transfer ban.
