Club World Cup - Summer 2025

Didn’t take long for the British Press to start recognising this as only one thing ….a vehicle to try and destabilise us. First report is headlines about Beckam wanting KDB next summer
Bit disappointing for me as I predicted the headline would have been about Pep
But I’m sure that will emerge when Pep meets Becks in Miami during the tournament
 
TShed said:
Didn’t take long for the British Press to start recognising this as only one thing ….a vehicle to try and destabilise us. First report is headlines about Beckam wanting KDB next summer
Bit disappointing for me as I predicted the headline would have been about Pep
But I’m sure that will emerge when Pep meets Becks in Miami during the tournament
Click to expand...
KDB's contract ends mid tournament, so that will need to be resolved.

City would still pay him for July if they released him, so extending a month does nothing financially for Kev, there would need to be an uplift or new contract.
 
John Wayne said:
That's exactly what it is. The entitled mob aren't at the party so them and their media sycophants have taken their ball home.

Why shouldn't there be a competition for clubs around the world? We have no reason whatsoever to be loyal to the scumbag organisation that is UEFA. There is life outside Europe.

It beggars belief that, after all these years, some of our fans lament the fact that competitions make money. My criticism of the CWC in the past is that it hasn't been serious enough. That tournament in Saudi Arabia last year was not befitting of a competition that brings the world's successful clubs together. This one goes a lot further and should be a great spectacle. If you're going to do it, do it 'proper'.
Click to expand...
I hope the football is more exciting than the draw. It seems the ruling bodies are trying to bore the shit out of everyone before a ball is kicked in anger, in future I will just wait for the draw for any competition to appear on here before suffering the mind numbing bore fest presented yesterday.
 
Rochdale Blue said:
I hope the football is more exciting than the draw. It seems the ruling bodies are trying to bore the shit out of everyone before a ball is kicked in anger, in future I will just wait for the draw for any competition to appear on here before suffering the mind numbing bore fest presented yesterday.
Click to expand...
Same any draw, the FA Cup one was bad enough, asking every single club manager/owner/player "what does it mean for the club".
 
This new format is worth £50m for showing up and £100m if you win it.

It's essentially a whole year of Champions League revenue for a few games against minnows and a couple of competitive fixtures. I can see why clubs jumped at it.
 
Rochdale Blue said:
I hope the football is more exciting than the draw. It seems the ruling bodies are trying to bore the shit out of everyone before a ball is kicked in anger, in future I will just wait for the draw for any competition to appear on here before suffering the mind numbing bore fest presented yesterday.
Click to expand...
Im watching the draw again on TV as was on my laptop and did not give me a proper take on it all.
If the footballs as mental as the draw its going to be ace.
Someones just told me the Black guy doing the draw was Cubillas, what a player he was.
 
Damocles said:
This new format is worth £50m for showing up and £100m if you win it.

It's essentially a whole year of Champions League revenue for a few games against minnows and a couple of competitive fixtures. I can see why clubs jumped at it.
Click to expand...
If we are out of the CL we will be grateful for the money.
 
Really_here said:
I'm not sure which bit of the article you think isn't fact based?
Click to expand...
I’m talking the BBC in general. I’ve no need to read the particular article as I understand how the competition works and I also know that the BBC use AI to generate some of their articles and don’t fact check the results.
 
Really_here said:
I'm not sure which bit of the article you think isn't fact based?
Click to expand...

If you mean the BBC article headlined: "Club World Cup explained" it is not so much the facts but the distorted, opinionated and negative angle on the story. For example it cites Rodri's complaints about "too many matches" as criticism of the tournament. But his comments related to all of football including the extended CL and the international calendar. I am sure Rodri wants to lift the World Cup for City.
It also includes this absurd segment below where the BBC demands that FIFA must justify why the Club World Cup should overlap with the women's Euros. The BBC staff can't help themselves.

The Club World Cup will partially overlap with Women's Euro 2025, which runs from 2-27 July.

BBC Sport asked Fifa to justify this scheduling clash and whether there were concerns about the Women's Euro competing with the Club World Cup for attention.
 
Last edited:
dadnlad said:
get ready for PSR/FFP rule change where CWC monies cant count toward calculations
Click to expand...
John Wayne said:
That's exactly what it is. The entitled mob aren't at the party so them and their media sycophants have taken their ball home.

Why shouldn't there be a competition for clubs around the world? We have no reason whatsoever to be loyal to the scumbag organisation that is UEFA. There is life outside Europe.

It beggars belief that, after all these years, some of our fans lament the fact that competitions make money. My criticism of the CWC in the past is that it hasn't been serious enough. That tournament in Saudi Arabia last year was not befitting of a competition that brings the world's successful clubs together. This one goes a lot further and should be a great spectacle. If you're going to do it, do it 'proper'.
Click to expand...
Spot-on. Our enemies in the English media are already putting a negative spin on the Club World Cup as another way of slagging us off, instead of supporting the two English teams (City and Chelsea) who qualified by winning the CL. The media never seem to complain about England's pub league matches.
 
Tbilisi said:
Hope fans travel, sure South Americans will, fan interactions will be great.
Click to expand...
If my health holds up (a big if at present) I am hoping to get over there. This event is only once every four years and will eventually become as important as the CL. A billion pound broadcast deal has guaranteed that. It will generate a huge global TV audience and be taken seriously by the likes of Real Madrid,, Bayern, and River Plate.
 
Rochdale Blue said:
I hope the football is more exciting than the draw. It seems the ruling bodies are trying to bore the shit out of everyone before a ball is kicked in anger, in future I will just wait for the draw for any competition to appear on here before suffering the mind numbing bore fest presented yesterday.
Click to expand...
Juventus V City is pretty big for a group match.
 
Tbilisi said:
Im watching the draw again on TV as was on my laptop and did not give me a proper take on it all.
If the footballs as mental as the draw its going to be ace.
Someones just told me the Black guy doing the draw was Cubillas, what a player he was.
Click to expand...
If the football is anything like the draw it will be a monumental disaster.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
If my health holds up (a big if at present) I am hoping to get over there. This event is only once every four years and will eventually become as important as the CL. A billion pound broadcast deal has guaranteed that. It will generate a huge global TV audience and be taken seriously by the likes of Real Madrid,, Bayern, and River Plate.
Click to expand...
Hope you get over and have a great time, I wonder though how much our so-called media will treat it with no red tops being there.
 
Do you think the brothers will be there in rival kits as their teams play each other.

"Al Ain, the most successful club in the UAE with 14 league titles, are owned by the country's president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan - the older brother of City owner Sheikh Mansour."

Surprised they're allowed in the same group. If we play and beat juventus, technically we could throw the game against Al Ain to help them through in second lol
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Unread Posts

Don't have an account? Register now and see fewer ads!

SIGN UP
Back
Top