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Jose Mourinho aims playful dig at Man City over bombshell guilty verdict - and insists he 'would rather have a laugh' about club's cheating scandal

Jose Mourinho says he 'would rather have a laugh' about Man City's cheating verdict than be drawn into a serious discussion of the financial cheating scandal.

— Daily Mail Football, publisher's words · Read the original ↗

15 outlets8 languages8 countriesUpdated Fri 9 Oct, 20:09 UTC

Who broke it

Gazeta Sporturilor

Wed 7 Oct 2026, 20:00 UTC

RO · RO

Followed by

outlets in 7 languages over 1 d 11 h.

Our read

Corroborated (8)

8 of 13 outlets each added at least one detail no earlier report had; the other 5 repeat it. That is independence, not agreement: two of them can still contradict each other.

Judged on the 13 outlets in our latest edition; the timeline keeps all 15 we have seen.

Coverage timeline

15 outlets · first-seen order

+0 minWed 7 Oct 20:00
Gazeta SporturilorRO · ROBroke it
Jose Mourinho a tras pe linie moartă două staruri de la Real Madrid
- +18 h 55 minJose Mourinho: „Sper să mai fiu în viață când se va lua o decizie finală în cazul lui Manchester City”
+17 h 9 minThu 8 Oct 13:09
Soccernews.nlNL · NLOwn reporting
Mourinho kan ‘wel lachen’ om schandaal Manchester City
+19 h 26 minThu 8 Oct 15:26
COPE DeportesES · ESOwn reporting
Mourinho reflexiona sobre la posible condena al City y vuelve a hablar del Caso Negreira: "Hay que tener la suerte de estar aquí cuando llegue la sentencia"
Cites Corriere dello Sport
+20 h 13 minThu 8 Oct 16:12
Il NapolistaIT · ITOwn reporting
Mourinho sarcastico sul City: “Chissà se saremo ancora in vita quando ci sarà la sentenza definitiva”
Cites Corriere dello Sport
+20 h 15 minThu 8 Oct 16:15
Mundo Deportivo — FútbolES · ESOwn reporting
La opinión de Mou sobre el 'Caso City' con recado al Barça: "Estuve en Madrid durante los años del 'Caso Negreira'"
Cites Corriere dello Sport
+21 h 11 minThu 8 Oct 17:11
Foot MercatoFR · FROwn reporting
José Mourinho sur Manchester City : « je préférerais en rire »
+21 h 19 minThu 8 Oct 17:19
CaughtOffsideEN · GBRepeats
Jose Mourinho delivers brutal response to Manchester City guilty verdict
Cites Fabrizio Romano, Corriere dello Sport
+21 h 24 minThu 8 Oct 17:24
Mirror FootballEN · GBRepeats
Jose Mourinho lays into Man City charges timeline with Premier League joke
+21 h 30 minThu 8 Oct 17:30
Nemzeti SportHU · HURepeats
„Szerencsések leszünk, ha...” – Mourinho a Manchester City ügyén viccelődött
+21 h 48 minThu 8 Oct 17:48
AD SportNL · NLOwn reporting
Mourinho ‘kan wel lachen’ om schandaal rond ManCity: ‘Hopelijk leef ik nog als definitieve uitspraak komt’
Cites Corriere dello Sport
+22 hThu 8 Oct 18:00
TrivelaPT · BROwn reporting
Mourinho faz alerta irônico sobre caso City: ‘Teremos que ter sorte de ainda estarmos aqui’
Cites Corriere dello Sport
+23 h 19 minThu 8 Oct 19:19
Estadio DeportivoES · ESOwn reporting
Martin Petrov, 47 años, ex del Atleti: "El Real Madrid se ha acostumbrado a culpar a los árbitros cada vez que pierde un partido"
+1 dThu 8 Oct 20:02
Voetbal InternationalNL · NLRepeats
Mourinho wacht op straf Man City: 'Mag van geluk spreken als ik dan nog leef'
+1 d 1 hThu 8 Oct 21:25
Daily Mail FootballEN · GBRepeats
Jose Mourinho aims playful dig at Man City over bombshell guilty verdict - and insists he 'would rather have a laugh' about club's cheating scandal
+1 d 11 hFri 9 Oct 07:30
MarcaES · ESOwn reporting
El Madrid pregunta por McTominay, el 'Maradona escocés' al que Mourinho llama "my boy"

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