“Financial Fair Play favours the big clubs” – Mourinho

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, has claimed that UEFA’s Financial Fair Play is a “contradiction”, as it only favours the biggest clubs in Europe.

The Portuguese schemer brought in Diego Costa, Felipe Luis and Cesc Fabregas, after selling David Luiz to Paris Saint-Germain for around €50 million.

However, Mourinho insisted the Blues are a step below powerhouses like Real Madrid and Barcelona.

“I think Financial Fair Play is a contradiction because, when football decided to go for Financial Fair Play it was exactly to put teams in equal conditions to compete,” he told Yahoo.

“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.

“And the ‘new’ clubs – I call them ‘new’ clubs, those with new investment – they cannot put themselves quickly at the same level. Clubs with new owners cannot immediately attack the control and the domination of these big clubs.”

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