Club World Cup - Summer 2025

[Impeccable One]

It was 36 years ago when I last went so thinking like this country it will be very different.

Yup, be ready for a very different experience … I’ve lived here 30 years. Don’t get me wrong, it’s still a great place, as long as you know how to avoid the craziness/politics/woke/MAGA etc. but it’s almost impossible to avoid the crazy prices, even if you refuse to tip the normal 20% [emoji15]

 

[Marvin.]

You will be pleased to learn that Prime Mutton is going to be covering the CWC.

 

[The Norfolk Blue]

You will be pleased to learn that Prime Mutton is going to be covering the CWC.

Yes, his vlogs are excellent and his food choices have me salivating at times.

Cheesy not there till the Final unfortunately, any other vloggers worth following who are going over?

 

[JOGAMIGMOG]

Yes, his vlogs are excellent and his food choices have me salivating at times.

Cheesy not there till the Final unfortunately, any other vloggers worth following who are going over?

I saw Big Steve at Ipswich away this season and asked him if he was going. He said he doesn’t know yet. Funnily enough I also saw Mutton in the pub at the same game.

 

[city9320]

Someone told me on here you get £150m for winning it, seems to be only £97m?

 

[Impeccable One]

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Someone told me on here you get £150m for winning it, seems to be only £97m?

Not seen £150m mentioned, but this article is not accurate, as £97m = $131m (at current exchange rates).

Plus, the winner will more than likely get a bump in ad/sponsor revenue as a result of being CWC champions, so I could see $150m being feasible.

 

[MCFC1993]

 

[Radcliffe 1309]

Is the tournament being televised, it must have been asked before....sorry guys

 

[Alfie Budd]

Is the tournament being televised, it must have been asked before....sorry guys

The entire tournament can be streamed on DAZN with no subscription required.
Additionally, 23 games will be live on Channel 5 in the UK. These will presumably include all the City and Chelsea games.

 

[Radcliffe 1309]

The entire tournament can be streamed on DAZN with no subscription required.
Additionally, 23 games will be live on Channel 5 in the UK. These will presumably include all the City and Chelsea games.

Cheers Alfie

 

[Impeccable One]

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Someone told me on here you get £150m for winning it, seems to be only £97m?

Don’t know which article has the correct figures, but this one works out at approx. $155m for a European winner, who wins all their group games.

 

[N1985]

Big money. Around £100m to win it I think. I won't be watching any of it as it's utterly meaningless and a waste of everyone's time.

You'll be up like the rest of us at 1am in the matchday thread asking why the fuck McAtee and Bobb are on the bench

 

[swintonjamie]

I do find it quite odd how negative some people are about this tournament/term it as meaningless.

It’s bringing the best clubs (okay with some questionable entry criteria that can be fixed) from across the whole world into one World Cup style format. Of course at the moment Europe have a distinct advantage but it’s not dissimilar to how the international one has been for some time with Africa and Asia etc.

Surely we should welcome a competition that actually includes all regions, for me not welcoming a tournament like this is just similar to the mentality of a lot of clubs we criticise for that kind of entitled view.

I mean each to their own but I really hope this comp succeeds and after a few iterations clubs and their fans are desperate to be in it and win it

 

[Blue Maverick]

Has anyone got their tickets yet? I bought through the club for the City section for the first game, I’ve downloaded the fifa app but nothing shows.

 

[ninjamonkey]

I do find it quite odd how negative some people are about this tournament/term it as meaningless.

It’s bringing the best clubs (okay with some questionable entry criteria that can be fixed) from across the whole world into one World Cup style format. Of course at the moment Europe have a distinct advantage but it’s not dissimilar to how the international one has been for some time with Africa and Asia etc.

Surely we should welcome a competition that actually includes all regions, for me not welcoming a tournament like this is just similar to the mentality of a lot of clubs we criticise for that kind of entitled view.

I mean each to their own but I really hope this comp succeeds and after a few iterations clubs and their fans are desperate to be in it and win it

Im not dead against it. The competition itself im fine with, the novelty of playing random teams from other continents is enough to get my attention, its the extra games and lack of rest that i'm dead against.

It's not really bringing the best clubs together as you claim, none of the clubs outside of Europe can compete with the European teams, we all know this without needing a game to prove it and even the European teams involved aren't the best in Europe. No current English, spanish or Italian champions are competing in it.

 

[ninjamonkey]

I do find it quite odd how negative some people are about this tournament/term it as meaningless.

It’s bringing the best clubs (okay with some questionable entry criteria that can be fixed) from across the whole world into one World Cup style format. Of course at the moment Europe have a distinct advantage but it’s not dissimilar to how the international one has been for some time with Africa and Asia etc.

Surely we should welcome a competition that actually includes all regions, for me not welcoming a tournament like this is just similar to the mentality of a lot of clubs we criticise for that kind of entitled view.

I mean each to their own but I really hope this comp succeeds and after a few iterations clubs and their fans are desperate to be in it and win it

Im not dead against it. The competition itself im fine with, the novelty of playing random teams from other continents is enough to get my attention, its the extra games and lack of rest that i'm dead against.

It's not really bringing the best clubs together as you claim, none of the clubs outside of Europe can compete with the European teams, we all know this without needing a game to prove it and even the European teams involved aren't the best in Europe. No current English, spanish or Italian champions are competing in it. 4 years is a long time in football.

For me the best thing about this competition is it's going to force every team competing in it to act quickly in the transfer window, we should the bulk of our business done within a few weeks and not have it drag for weeks.

 

[Betterdeedthan red]

I do find it quite odd how negative some people are about this tournament/term it as meaningless.

It’s bringing the best clubs (okay with some questionable entry criteria that can be fixed) from across the whole world into one World Cup style format. Of course at the moment Europe have a distinct advantage but it’s not dissimilar to how the international one has been for some time with Africa and Asia etc.

Surely we should welcome a competition that actually includes all regions, for me not welcoming a tournament like this is just similar to the mentality of a lot of clubs we criticise for that kind of entitled view.

I mean each to their own but I really hope this comp succeeds and after a few iterations clubs and their fans are desperate to be in it and win it

All the best teams play in Europe.
That's why the champions league is the number competition

 

[Big Pussy Bonpensiero]

Has anyone got their tickets yet? I bought through the club for the City section for the first game, I’ve downloaded the fifa app but nothing shows.

I done the same. Think I read somewhere it’ll be between 48-72 hours before the game we’ll receive them

 

[Ctidpaul]

I done the same. Think I read somewhere it’ll be between 48-72 hours before the game we’ll receive them

Yes I think that’s correct

 

[swintonjamie]

Im not dead against it. The competition itself im fine with, the novelty of playing random teams from other continents is enough to get my attention, its the extra games and lack of rest that i'm dead against.

It's not really bringing the best clubs together as you claim, none of the clubs outside of Europe can compete with the European teams, we all know this without needing a game to prove it and even the European teams involved aren't the best in Europe. No current English, spanish or Italian champions are competing in it.

Yeah the criteria needs work - I’m not sure how you get round the champions bit though as the comp needs planning ahead. Slightly unlucky for them how that’s fallen