Jose Mourinho has hit out at UEFA’s Financial Fair Play regulations, claiming that their Premier League rivals have it easier thasn his Chelsea side.
Chelsea balanced the books this summer by selling Romelu Lukaku and Demba Ba, having signed the likes of Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis.
And Mourinho, whose side sit top of the Premier League, has hit out at UEFA’s regulations.
“I think Financial Fair Play is a contradiction.
“When football decided to go for Financial Fair Play it was exactly to put teams in equal conditions to compete.
“But what happened really with the Financial Fair Play is a big protection to the historical, old, big clubs, which have a financial structure, a commercial structure, everything in place based on historical success for years and years and years.”
“The ‘new’ clubs – I call them ‘new’ clubs, those with new investment – they cannot put themselves quickly at the same level,” he added.
“Clubs with new owners cannot immediately attack the control and the domination of these big clubs.
“Chelsea is not an old, historical, huge club – but it’s also not a club with a new owner. It’s a club with the same owner for more than 10 years.
by Ben Reardon
@BenReardon1
