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'The circus door is open': Jose Mourinho says 'FFP is truly dead' as he lays into the 'disgraceful' decision to lift Man City's European ban – which could cost his Tottenham team a Europa League place

Jose Mourinho has branded the decision to overturn Manchester City's two-year European ban as a 'disgrace' before claiming Monday's verdict spells the end of Financial Fair Play.

UEFA initially handed City a European ban for breaching FFP regulations, but City appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport and subsequently had the ban taken away. A fine of €30m (£27m) handed to City was also reduced to €10m (£9m).

The Tottenham boss was perplexed with why City were fined £9m if they were 'not guilty' before suggesting that if they were guilty, then their ban from UEFA's European competitions should be upheld.