Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho suggested Manchester City should not be
allowed to be the league champions after breaking Financial Fair Play
rules.
City won the Premier League title last season but were then fined in May for breaching Uefa's financial rules.
The Premier League has its own form of financial regulation.
However, Mourinho said: "I don't think a team can be champions when you are punished because you didn't comply with Financial Fair Play (FFP)."
City were fined £49m, £32m of which was suspended, had spending restrictions imposed on them, and were not allowed to exceed their wage bill for the 2014-15 season as part of their punishment for breaching FFP regulations.
They spent £28m on striker Wilfried Bony from Swansea in January, the biggest English outlay by a single club in the winter transfer window.
What are Uefa's Financial Fair Play regulations? |
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Read more about FFP rules |
The Club Financial Control Body was set up in June
2012 to oversee the application of the Uefa Club Licensing System and
Financial Fair Play regulations |
Clubs cannot repeatedly spend more than their generated
revenues and clubs are obliged to meet all their transfer and employee
payment commitments at all times |
Higher-risk clubs that fail certain indicators will also be required to provide budgets detailing their strategic plans |
Teams participating in Uefa club competitions have had their transfer and employee payables monitored since the summer of 2011 |
The Premier League's financial regulations are not as stringent as Uefa's FFP, but huge losses could be punished by the deduction of points, although that will not come into effect until after the 2015-16 campaign.
The league's current rules state that clubs cannot make a loss in excess of £105m across the 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-16 seasons.
Mourinho, whose side are five points ahead of City at the top of the Premier League, added: "I enjoy the challenge of the English competition.
"It's a good challenge. The only thing that is not nice is that you compete against the ones who don't follow the same rules.
"Our work to keep the team strong, with possibility to compete against the ones financially more powerful or against the ones who don't care and don't respect Financial Fair Play... we had to work very, very hard."
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