Club World Cup - Summer 2025.

[cptaidan88]

Don't think the club will walk away from the millions but agree it will affect the following year.

All the criticisms of this competition are the same as those when the European Cup first started. In time the prestige of this competition will become greater and it will be difficult to qualify for so we should try to win it whilst we get the chance in my opinion.

 

[Tico Warrior]

We are allowed to play youngsters in this. No reason why if we are playing a team from Asia or Africa we can't put out a team full of reserves and youth and still win.

 

[Invisible Man's Bandage]

FIFA are struggling to get a broadcaster / big money sponsors for it. Currently any club involved will be getting about £500 apiece :)

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Nothing has happened since this meeting. As things stand there is fuck all in it for participating clubs.

 

[van_dan]

Club World Cup: FIFA to make clubs take strongest squads to new tournament

Man City and Chelsea are the only English teams taking part and FIFA regulations mean they will not be able to allow any players to miss the tournament - which takes place from June 15 to July 13 next summer in the USA - after a long season of domestic and European football

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Unfortunately, you can't just take a squad of kids

 

[Tico Warrior]

Club World Cup: FIFA to make clubs take strongest squads to new tournament

Man City and Chelsea are the only English teams taking part and FIFA regulations mean they will not be able to allow any players to miss the tournament - which takes place from June 15 to July 13 next summer in the USA - after a long season of domestic and European football

www.skysports.com

Unfortunately, you can't just take a squad of kids

I think everybody expects the full squad to go, but assume it will be like the premier league with youth players not counting in the squad limit. Against the weaker teams we need to be playing all our youth. Do we get anyone back from their loan before the start that can go with us?

 

[mexico1970]

I think everybody expects the full squad to go, but assume it will be like the premier league with youth players not counting in the squad limit. Against the weaker teams we need to be playing all our youth. Do we get anyone back from their loan before the start that can go with us?

If we win this the club and players will celebrate it way more than the fans.

 

[cptaidan88]

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Nothing has happened since this meeting. As things stand there is fuck all in it for participating clubs.

FIFA have told the clubs involved they will each receive $Xm for competing, and additional for winning games, and progressing. It will be very lucrative and worthwhile which is why the clubs are helping to promote it.

FIFA have something like $4b in cash reserves, so if they wanted to, they could completely underwrite the competition.

However, ticket sales, sponsorship, and eventual broadcast deals will mean they won't need to. FIFA just won't make as much money as they were expecting for this iteration, but they won't lose any.

It's happening and we're part of it.

 

[55yr old teenager]

If it was up to me, I’d tell FIFA that all the senior players were injured and give them the full close season off to recharge their batteries and have some rest before next term.

Send the EDS and beat U18s.

I know it won’t happen, but the entire squad needs a rest and a break from football.

agree.

 

[M23 Citizen]

Ditch the League Cup and reduce the PL to 18 teams. 10 games right there.

Woah, don’t reduce the PL, what the hell would we do that for? That’s the one thing I would not touch in any way whatsoever!

Before ever touching the PL I would:
Fuck the Nations League internationals off.
Either that or bin off the Euro and WC qualifiers and use the Nations League as qualification for them (that’s what South America does).
Reduce the number of international breaks during the season.
Reduce the Euros and World Cup to 24 teams.
Reduce the EFL Cup to being a tournament just for non-European place teams with the winners going into the Europa League.
Reduce the CL back to what it was from 2004-2024.
I’d even have No replays in the FA Cup or even go as far as to make international football for Under 23s only before ever reducing the PL to 18 teams.

 

[M23 Citizen]

I’m actually looking forward to the Club World Cup. I’d rather watch that than I would the international football World Cup.

Now Botofogo have won the Copa Libertadores, the teams have now been decided:



Some fucking massive South American potential derby games in there with River Plate and Boca Juniors as well as Flumimense and Flamengo. Play the European teams, especially City Madrid and Bayern.

I think it will be great and if we could be the inaugural winners of it, it could be historic. If in 100 years’ time, it’s still going and we will always be in the history books as being the first ever winners, that’d be great!

With the amount of games our players will have missed through injury this season, the CWC might actually be a positive in getting our players back to peak condition n’all as many will need games rather than rest after he amounting time they’ve had off.