Story preview

Man City charges: Mourinho jokes Premier League case will outlast him

Al JazeeraEnglish

About this story

Jose Mourinho, long an outspoken critic of Man City's spending, joked that the Premier League case could outlast him.

Summary from Al Jazeera

By: Kevin Hand
Published: Oct 8, 2026, 11:31 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 8, 2026, 11:36 PM UTC

Topics in this story

#city #charges #mourinho #jokes #premier

Continue reading on the publisher site for the full article.

Read on publisher →aljazeera.com

News Atlas is free and independent. If it’s useful to you, you can support it with a coffee. ☕ Buy me a coffee

Background

Context from Wikipedia on the organisations, people and places in this story.

Premier League

English association football league

The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). Seasons usually run from August to May, with each team playing 38 matches: two against each other team, one home and one away. Most games are played on weekend afternoons, with occasional weekday evening fixtures.

Manchester City F.C.

Association football club in England

Manchester City Football Club, commonly referred to as Man City or simply City, is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's, they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is the City of Manchester Stadium in east Manchester, to which they moved in 2003, having played at Maine Road since 1923. Manchester City adopted their sky blue home shirts in 1894, the first season with the current name.

José Mourinho

Portuguese football manager (born 1963)

José Mário dos Santos Mourinho Félix is a Portuguese professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of La Liga club Real Madrid. Nicknamed "The Special One", he is one of the most decorated managers of all time. Mourinho has won league championships in four countries, is one of only seven managers to have won the European Cup with two clubs, and is the only manager to have won all three current UEFA club competitions. He was named Portuguese Coach of the Century by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) in 2015.

At a glance

Outlets covering it

in the last 3 days

First reported

19 hr. ago

12 outlets since

Countries

Coverage

Tone

Who else is covering this

12 other outlets reported this story in the last 3 days.

José Mourinho jokes about Manchester City's Premier League charges following appealYahoo Sports13 hr. ago
Mourinho jokes he'll be lucky to still be around when Man City case endsESPN15 hr. ago
Manchester City case will outlast me: Jose Mourinho jokes about verdictIndia TodayIndia4 hr. ago
Mourinho jokes Man City case may outlast him as club appeals verdictANewsTürkiye15 hr. ago
Jose Mourinho jokes he may be dead before 'final verdict' in Man City caseThe IndependentUnited Kingdom19 hr. ago
Mourinho jokes that Manchester City’s case with Premier League will outlast himSportstarIndia17 hr. ago
Mourinho jokes Manchester City legal battle could outlive himRediff17 hr. ago
Soccer-Mourinho jokes Man City case may outlast him as club appeals verdictDevdiscourse19 hr. ago
'I would rather laugh about it' - Mourinho jokes Man City verdict could take a lifetimeVodacom Soccer4 hr. ago
Mourinho jokes he’ll be 80 before Man City case is finally settledRead Man City19 hr. ago
Jose Mourinho jokes over Man City verdict as 2018 title adds personal twistSports MoleUnited Kingdom15 hr. ago
Jose Mourinho jokes he may not live to see end of Manchester City legal caseKhel Now15 hr. ago

Who else is covering this

Where in the world it’s covered

Coverage over time

Tone of the coverage

About the publisher

Al Jazeera

Country: Qatar
Language: English

Visit Al Jazeera ↗

Latest from Al Jazeera

Trump gives top US science awards to Elon Musk and other tech executivesAl JazeeraQatar13 hr. ago
2026 Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Navi PillayAl JazeeraQatar48 min. ago
At least 81 US aircraft worth up to $3.3bn lost or damaged in Iran warAl JazeeraQatar14 hr. ago
India to Turkiye, can new proposals to broker Russia-Ukraine truce succeed?Al JazeeraQatar22 hr. ago
Russian attack on buses in Ukraine’s Kramatorsk kills at least 30 peopleAl JazeeraQatar11 hr. ago

Man City charges: Mourinho jokes Premier League case will outlast him

About this story

Background

Premier League

Manchester City F.C.

José Mourinho

At a glance

Who else is covering this

Who else is covering this

Where in the world it’s covered

Coverage over time

Tone of the coverage

About the publisher

Latest from Al Jazeera

About the publisher

Related topics

About the publisher

Latest from Al Jazeera

Who else is covering this

Background

Premier League

Manchester City F.C.

José Mourinho