J\u00fcrgen Klopp has stepped back from his earlier stance on Manchester City\u2019s Premier League charges, saying he is \u201cnot really interested\u201d in the idea of the club being stripped of titles.<\/p>\n
The former Liverpool manager had previously joked in January 2025 that he would host a private parade in Mallorca, Spain, if City\u2019s titles were taken away. His latest comments, however, show a more measured position.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t given it much thought,\u201d the current boss of the Germany national team said. \u201cI also know that I said that if there\u2019s ever a parade, I\u2019d come. I can only wait and see.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have big respect for Pep Guardiola and City\u2019s style of football. They played fantastic football and were a top-class opponent for us. If any sanctions are handed out, I have nothing to do with it. I\u2019ll wait and see.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t really have any strong feelings about it. It\u2019s not like I need to have won the English title a few more times. I\u2019m far from preparing for a title or anything like that. I\u2019m absolutely fine with what we achieved in Liverpool. We fought hard on the pitch.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t say more about that because I don\u2019t know the details. To be honest, I\u2019m also not really interested in it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Premier League\u2019s rules do include a broad range of possible sanctions for clubs found guilty of breaches. Financial punishments and point deductions are standard tools in the modern game, while the regulations also conclude with the option of \u201csuch other penalty as it shall think fit.\u201d<\/p>\n
That wording leaves the league with the power to remove titles if it chooses, although whether that would happen is another matter entirely. When the guilty verdict against City first became public, reporting suggested any punishment would likely not be retrospective. BBC Sport also said there was \u201clittle appetite\u201d from the league or rival clubs for titles to be stripped.<\/p>\n
If the issue ever moved further, the debate would centre on which honours could be affected. City\u2019s punished period runs from 2009 to 2018, when they won three Premier League titles: 2011-12, 2013-14 and 2017-18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Klopp has softened his view on City\u2019s charges, while the Premier League sanction debate remains open.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21055,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[238,172],"tags":[1836,1162,59],"class_list":["post-21056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-manchester-city","category-epl","tag-2026-27-premier-league","tag-analytics","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21056\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.weplayfpl.com\/news-articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}