JAKARTA - Real Madrid and several other clubs in Europe and South America support the new version of the Club World Cup every two years to increase their income.
However, FIFA considers it impossible. So far there has been no official request, but ESPN reports that during the 2025 Club World Cup in the United States, executives from several major clubs, including Real Madrid, have discussed this possibility with FIFA representatives.
FIFA is happy with the results of the latest tournaments, but currently thinks that if the Club World Cup is held in the next two years or 2027, it is not feasible. The world football federation also chose to prepare for the next event in 2029.
In addition, FIFA believes that holding the Club World Cup every two years will cause conflicts with UEFA that will not benefit them.
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They also see it is very difficult to adapt this possibility to the current solid football calendar.
ESPN further said that Qatar would become one of the potential candidate countries to host this tournament.
Qatar has hosted the 2022 World Cup and has the funding and infrastructure needed to host.
However, the calendar was detrimental to them because it had to be played in December with hot weather.
Meanwhile, last year, then Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti initially said that the club would not participate in the 2025 Club World Cup.
"One Real Madrid game alone is worth 20 million euros (IDR 383 billion). FIFA wants to give us that amount for the whole tournament. Negative."
"Just like us, other clubs will reject the invitation," Ancelotti told Italian newspaper Il Gornale.
La Liga president Javier Tebas has also been a vocal critic of the 2025 Club World Cup.
As is known, FIFA distributed $1 billion to teams participating in the 2025 Club World Cup.
Well, if the tournament is held for two years, many people believe it is impossible to generate that number.
Real Madrid, which reached the semifinals, took home $82.5 million. Chelsea earned revenue of US$114.6 million (Rp1.8 trillion) as champions.
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