Why Mauricio Pochettino believes it will be 'impossible' to punish Man City for 'period of deception'

The majority of those relate to alleged financial breaches between 2009 and 2018, while City were also charged with failing to cooperate with investigations between 2018 and 2023."Whatever punishment [they choose], it's impossible to turn back time," said Pochettino. “It's done a lot of damage. Many clubs followed the rules and some didn't."Maybe they thought that the punishment [wouldn't come for a lot of years] - what are they going to do? An economic punishment? Docking points? It's really hard."It is a huge sadness. We get into a situation where what got celebrated wasn't that real, what seemed good maybe wasn't so good, what didn't look good maybe was good but couldn't be good because of what happened."We went through something where sporting fairness didn't exist. So, how do you repair everything that was damaged because of that? If it's true all of the 114 rules were broken, we've lived through a period of deception."Mauricio Pochettino previously managed both Tottenham and ChelseaPAPochettino was manager at Tottenham between 2014 and 2019, having previously spent a season in charge of Southampton.Read MoreThe Argentine bemoaned what he perceives to be double standards with how the rules were enforced during that period.Pochettino pointed to the restrictions on Spurs while they moved into their new stadium, as he called for further clarity on how these regulations were, or were not, enforced at the time."Where were the controls?" said Pochettino on City."That's what gets my attention. Where were the controls? If I remember being at Southampton, then Tottenham - I remember building [the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium] and not having the economic possibility of a transfer for 18 months."I think we were the only team in the history of the Premier League with 18 months without [making a transfer]."Tottenham was fighting for titles with those above us and every year in the top four, getting to the semi-finals of the Champions League without being able to do a transfer for 18 months, all because we needed to get used to the [Premier League financial controls]?"They were so strict with us but also so lenient with others. Because of that, that's why I say: it's all very strange."