Champions league is for EUROPE not the club World Cup which is for the whole world. Champions league will bring more money to the clubs so no it will not replace the champions league
Nooooooooo why every 4 years, every 2 or 3 years was better, some players miss their chances because 4 years is too long, they get burnout or injuries in that four years span, if it’s in every 2 or 3 years we will get fresher n more newer players every fifa club World Cup and legends can participate multiple times, legends like messi n ronaldo, if they in their 35/36, every 2 of 3 years they will be like 37/38 for their one last participation but every 4 years they will be 40, that’s too old.
Only UEFA are allowed to overplay players...fifa should rather focus on something that exclude europe...cause they have that 7 and 10...while them two still play..people want them two to stay relevant...
My problem is you could have a team like Seattle qualify by winning CCL in 2022 last year and by the time the 2025 club world cup comes around they'll have a very different squad.
I thought of these too, but I consider it a non issue. Football in our era is purely transfer driven. My own issues with the competition is it has the possibility of clashing with national team competition & representation and offers the players little time to rest & recover. On one side, I really love the competition not because of it can crown a world champion but because it offers more content for me as a fan cos summers are really boring in the years where there're no national team competition. As a human I want the players to rest, as a fan lol I wish they don't and the issues above sadly aren't my headache and yours too.
I mean you can have a team qualify for the champions League, and have a complete different team the next tournament. The problem with MLS is a lot of teams will collapse after winning in a season but designe
@@aladdin3241by design because of the salary cap, its hard to retain “stars” and “future stars” , which is why they always go to europe. MLS is being held back by the salary cap but also i understand as some of the smaller city clubs like Nashville and lets say San Jose and Montreal would get ate up by cities like New York, LA, Miami , Chicago , Houston, New England/Boston
English guy here. I’ve enjoyed European dominance in Football since I can remember, but I’m not against the rest of the World getting a look in tbh. Football is a global game; it shouldn’t just be confined to Europe tbf
This is just going to lead to super clubs. Forget Europe for a minute. What this is going to do is create superclubs in every continent, since only handful of same clubs will participate every year. Look at it like the parachute payment clubs in EFL. Once these clubs start owning their leagues, essentially turning it into one club league, they will demand even more money, which will then result in a super league in future, except not just for Europe but the world.
@@sanku1999 Not gonna happen. its not a competition that will generate any real following. Hell, the club cup as it is isn't shown in most european countries
@@mrcuddlebuns1000 see the big picture buddy. Right now, most leagues in the world excluding Europe and MLS style franchises have 2-3 clubs dominating everything. If one of them starts getting money, even the duopoly becomes monopoly. These clubs have nothing to play for except their continental competitions. You give them Club WC and the money they are promising, these clubs will become ever more and more dominant. They will demand more money. Hence - they will start demanding more pay, resulting in a official super league, sponsored by FIFA.
@RetroProg what are you smoking? Have you seen a big club do a pre season tour? Literally generates millions. These matches will appeal to each and every foreign fan.
The four year gap can be quite a long time in club football. World cup qualifiers tend to take place over two years which guarantees in form teams but this club version risks having teams grotesquely out of form. But it's a great idea
Every 4 years makes it bigger and more special. The down side is that team rosters change quite a bit even from year to year and the team that qualified most likely will not be the team that plays in the world cup. I'm happy to see this new experiment come to pass.
@@laoch5658I dissagree with that. Imagine hyping up that your country has qualified for the world cup for the first time. The players have travelled halfways across the globe. Only to lose 4-0 against France, being their first and last game. I think the current system with 32 teams is the perfect way to have it
Sure the number of games would increase and so would the burnout. But with the increase in burnout will come more opportunities for all squad players. Probable 2nd/3rd choice players would be able to rack up 15-20 appearances per season. Wouldn't be the worst thing imo.
Playing this tournament on a bi-annual basis would make sense to more accurately reflect the constantly changing reality of club football but I’m afraid it would only motivate FIFA to make the nations World Cup bi-annually as well. If they could make the club WC bi-annually and the countries one every 4 years as usual, then it would be perfect!!
@@ulthuncho7123 they are professional athletes coddled with overseeing healthcare and physio and compensated financially massively. if they have trouble being active for up to 120+mins a week then they should find another job to be honest 🤷.
My concern will be the quality of football. We seen how injuries are taking a huge toll and this will just add to it. And if any of the smaller leagues lose any of their first team players they won't represent very well. All for the format but someone is going to lose. Only so much butter and jam for our toast. Great video
Kashima antlers were competitive in the club world cup a while back, they went toe to toe with real madrid. I don't think it will be too much of an issue.
So are we saying that players of successful clubs just don't get breaks/pre seasons anymore then? Season starts in August, play through until May, this tournament starts in June, even if it's done within a month (which normally a 32 team world cup does take a full month) means that players will be off in July, when pre season is going and need to be back at their clubs ready for August again. I know it's not every year so shouldn't be that big of a deal, but then you also have the World Cup and Euros in two of the 3 years that the Club World Cup isn't active, so players get one summer off every 4 years if they play for a big team? Sounds... Interesting.
I really like this idea. I don't love FIFA exerting more control over the game than it already has, but I am very interested in club football gaining bigger global exposure. I'll never stop supporting my favorite European club, but clubs from around the world getting more exposure is a great thing. I'd love to watch my dad's hometown club Nagoya Grampus getting to play a match against our local NYCFC for example.
Absolutely. Funny thing about the critics of this idea, a lot of them are Messi and Ronaldo fans who'd go nuts on social media if Inter Miami played Al-Nassr in a Club World Cup final!
I'm not sure what to make of this new competition. I love the idea of the Club World Cup, of bringing clubs from every part of the world, and am a big supporter of the current version, even attending a game this past edition in Morocco. But my biggest hesitation with this new version is that, in my opinion, club football should contain competitions that are played every year, not every four years. However, I will wait and see how this plays out as there is some good potential here, and it would be great to see club football get big outside of Europe too.
Honestly not the worst idea. The four year format would mean it's not a burden on players every summer. Main thing I find so funny is why FIFA are now suddenly keen on the 32 team format but getting rid of it for the World Cup 😅
i rather have 16 teams on Club World Cup with 1 year more that 32 teams on Club World Cup with 4 Years but at least there will be Europa League Style Club World Cup
I think making it every four years is a good idea and to be honest I’ve always been of the opinion that the title of being World Champions should have a heavier weight to it than it currently does in Europe.
Well why woud anyone in Europe care. The champions league has all theb est teams in the world and if you win that then you are the best in the world. Look at the curent club world cup, all but 4 wins are from european teams, the 4 wins coming from Brazil and they wherent in resent years. European clubs are dominating that competition too and they arent even taking it that seiously. No mather how we look at it who ever wins the Champions league is the best team in the world and whit the talent and money that Europe has it will remain the case for the future.
@@fromjos Saudi teams get old players and few of them on top. That wont change anything, they will probably stop get players afther 2030. South american teams can get maybe a mach here or there but as we have seen recently they arent very competitive.
@@fromjos I dont think having a foreign owner is a bad thing. Problem is if they actually whant to invest in the club and whant to win. A World salary cap woud be really great, but it will be hard to implement. And if there is a salary cap then teams like PSG and Man City wont be a problem. In the curent system teams like PSG and Man City are great since they have the money to compete whit the other clubs.
@@stefankatsarov5806the Club World Cup will include 4 of the champions league winners and the highest ranked UEFA teams, it’ll basically be the top of the top in Europe and the best teams outside of Europe. Just a more prestigious idea.
I really like the proposed format, makes it easier to take the club world cup seriously. As mentioned by others in comments, it can’t really replace the UCL, since the UCL takes place yearly. As for players not getting that much rest, i guess it just pushes teams to have a deep squad, not the same starting 11 each matchday
i wonder why...almost as if they have a tournament that is much more prestigious and entertaining...also european teams are going to win this every single time
@@gautman-t7w Prestige doesn't necessarily mean more entertaining. I find a lot of the top leagues in Europe kind of boring. Yes, they have the top talent but they are extremely predictable. I usually skip the Champions League for example because I don't feel the stakes. I just don't. Unless we're talking about the teams fighting to avoid relegation, those are the only really entertaining matches. While, lets say the MLS, where the talent is inarguably much, much worse, it's a more exciting league to me. It's not predictable. Teams are a little more equal. And it holds my interest. With a very fat prize pot and world wide exposure, I think the competition would be a lot more intense than you think. One great thing about football, outside of the top leagues, is that anything can realistically happen.
@@gautman-t7wYeah that’s my issue with it too. The World Cup already is restricted enough with only 8 countries being able to win over 100 years and only European and South American countries having a chance at winning. But with a Club World Cup ONLY European nations will win and with European Clubs already having half of the slots what’s the point. I mean the Champions League already is becoming restricted with now only clubs from the top 5 leagues seemingly being able to win and adding all these weaker clubs from other continents will just make it even worse.
I think a club world cup every 2nd year would be really fun. One year, every continent have their CL football, and the year after that, a club world cup. Imo would be extremely fun to watch and also would be great for every club around the world.
Nope imo. 4 years is better for me. But in every 2nd year they can arrange a continental club cup with exactly the same format as current 7 team club WC format.
Great for every club in the world? You mean great for the top 0.1% clubs in the world who will take that money to even further dominate their domestic league? This tournament will not be about glory, it'll be about getting that prize money and expanding your business. Football giants are like mega-corporations, they wipe out all their competition, not because they have a better product, but because they're an unstoppable machine with the power to do anything they want. Club football, especially the top tiers, is ruined enough by greed already; the revamped Club World Cup - as it's planned right now - will just make it even worse
It wouldn’t be good for any club Teams want a chance of winning tournaments not getting knocked out by Man City or Real Madrid instead they’d much rather play in their own continents version of the champions league where they have a chance and actually go against similar rated teams. Not sure why anyone would want European giants to destroy smaller teams and just infest every continent with this problem. There’s not a single benefit to this club World Cup which was never designed to replace champions leagues or the copa libertadores
As an African I would happily welcome this idea, provided it doesn't clash with other competitions and players manage to get enough rest then I am all for it. Also a little biased but I would rather watch Al Ahly or Sundowns vs Madrid or Chelsea than watch Italy vs Senegal in the confederations cup.
The problem is outside of Europe there is a massive drop off in quality. You see this when the current tournament plays out. I think FIFA are just after cash and European clubs should refuse to take part. Why play in a competition that will feel like a pre season tour
As well-intentioned this may be for global club football, it's almost definitely just going to become a second Champions League every four years with a sprinkle of some South American teams and the odd upset making it to the latter stages of the tournament
It feels like it will be more like the FA Cup, there'll be a huge variety in the level of the clubs, and though everyone will love to see some plucky underdog beating someone they weren't expected to and everyone calling it a giantkilling, they'll still get Man City in the next round and get crushed. Then we'll end up with mostly European clubs in the quarters and probably all European clubs in the semis. I mean Europe and South America already completely dominate the world cup, and that is before nicking all the best players from the other confederations. I'm not sure if clubs from the weaker confederations being served up to get hammered by billion pound squads from Europe is really a good way of promoting the game in other continents, but maybe that's not the point and it's just the best option for FIFA making more money.
One thing I heavily dislike is the idea that 8 european and 2 south american spots will be filled up by teams who haven’t earned their spot by winning a tournament but by being consistently okish over 4 years. It’s just a safety net for the big name clubs who regularly reach the quarter finals just by having more money than others and it will increase the money gap. It’s also ludicrous that a random team of the host nation just gets a spot while 3 champions of the Oceanic „champions league“ can’t compete. It should be 4 champions from all 6 continents (24 teams), then maybe the 4 losing finalists from the uefa and conmebol competitions to make it 32 teams, as those teams at least reached a final to deserve qualifying.
@@warrenzevon4994 it would be the same as giving one additional place in the Champions League to the nation that hosts the final. It would be ok if it weren’t on the expense of real champions from the (granted rather weak) ofc confederation.
@@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766 no it’s not like that at all. It’s a tournament held in one place over a few weeks. Just like the actual World Cup the host nation should be represented
My only gripe with this is that we pretend like the biggest teams don't already have massive squads. The solution to potential player burnout is to simply trust more of your players. Instead of giving the most minutes to the same 16-18 players, spread the minutes more evenly to more of your fringe players. Salah, Bruno Fernandes & KDB don't need to be playing every League & FA Cup game. The biggest clubs in the world have some of the best academies with talented players. Use those players, and lighten the load on superstars.
How will FIFA react if Barca Bayern & Liverpool all send their u23 squads? The competition is dead in the water and FIFA don't make their TV revenues. Remember FIFA announced this bollocks without consulting the clubs.
@@RetroProg If the prize money is the same as in CL then nobody will want to send u23, the clubs will have to have two of the TEAM A and another Team B...which means clubs will have to increase their team size to at least 33 players which means more salaries, more trainers, more physiotherapists, more of everything... Bayern Munich has 27 players atm.
@@wokeaf1337 Yep, another term for Team B is.... The under 23s. and thats who'll play this hollow tournament that FIFA have been flogging for the last 50 years. And where is this prize money going to magically come from?? CL is shown in every country in europe and many many more outside. NOBODY shows the club world cup and there will be little appetite for it in Europe, which is where the money is. FIFA couldn't run a piss up in a brewery and is institutionally corrupt with the new crook at the top no different than the last one. And, in the end, thats all this is, FIFA wanting more money as all the big bucks are with UEFA.
It doesn't always work like that bro.... U cant just field in a less inferior team especially in cup games when these mid table teams are fielding in there best. I remember one time when Liverpool fielded in their b team against Aston villa because the had a world club cup match. Aston villa fielded their best team and smashed Liverpool ! Only in a perfect world will this Ur theory work
The Club World Cup should be held every 2 years but only the two successive champions of their continental cups plus the champion and runner-up of the previous CWC should be in it. The reason why the old format was a flop is because it was held annually, only had seven teams, had a lack of promotion and because the host country was also a part of it without being a continental champion, and it was usually hosted by UAE, Morocco, Qatar and Japan constantly. The host should be from one of the continental champions. It would have 14 teams altogether.
Will the FIFA Club World Cup surpass the UEFA Champions League??????... The answer to this question is simple, the Club World Cup "WILL" become the number one club completion, surpassing the European Champions League, and for one very good reason. In fact, it would already be the premier international club competition if it had done what it should have done in the first place i.e.... STAY IN ITS LANE!!! What makes the FIFA World Cup so delicious has always been the fact that it happens so infrequently, by mirroring its big brother, the Club World Cup will reap a similar reward. The European Champions League cannot hope to compete with its global equivalent once FIFA stops trying to compete with it on a year-to-year basis. For Example: Once upon a time, the English FA Cup used to be the most sought-after domestic trophy, even more important than winning the league or the old European Cup (now the Champions League). Why?... Because once upon a time (unless it happened to be a World Cup year) the FA Cup was the only live football game you would see on television. That made it soooo special to both players and fans alike. The two main TV networks would give it priority programming starting from early in the morning. Nowadays, with so much live football on TV, nobody really cares that much about winning it, certainly not anything like the desire to win the EPL. The FIFA World Cup on the other hand has not lost any of its appeal in the face of so much live football. And it never will. That four-year wait is always worth the wait and the FIFA "Club" World Cup on a four-year cycle will reap the benefit of this as well. SIDE NOTE: Had FIFA Implemented this format when it first had the idea way back in the late 70s, it would have been even more interesting and garnered even more interest, because back then there was a lot more parity between the leagues, certainly more parity between the European and South American Leagues. In fact, if the history of the Intercontinental Cup is any indication, the South American Clubs would most likely have come out on top. Africa would also have carried much more weight because most of its best and brightest players (like Cameroon Legend Roger Milla) would still have been playing for African clubs and no doubt would have viewed the tournament as the best way to get snapped up by the bigger and richer European clubs.
I’m a fan of the idea, but i’m not sure how exactly good the execution would be. The winner, and hell, probably all of the QF’s would almost certainly be completely European every year. Not that thats not how it is every year, but making a massive competition out of it is another thing. I also worry about player burnout. We’ve been seeing it more and more in recent times with how many more games have been played, and just adding another WC style tournament seems like it would definitely add to the injury crisis. They key to avoiding this would be to have bigger squads with more rotation players, which wouldn’t be an issue to to European clubs (except Liverpool), as they have money to spend, but smaller clubs from anywhere else wouldn’t have the money that have in Europe to compete. I do think it could be great motivation for smaller leagues/teams, though. Hopefully that extra push for big competition could improve leagues in the rest of the world. With that, I don’t think it will ever be able to be a perfectly fair competition, not by the fault of FIFA, just inherently. But, I would still love to see this competition play out, as I still think it’s a great thing for smaller clubs/leagues to be able to compete with bigger sides.
The only problem I see is the calendars filling up more. I think, to combat this, the standard size of a league could be reduced from 20 to 18, or even 16. This would take 8 games off of a footballer's calendar, enough for the entire cwc tournament.
Never gonna happen, especially in England, because the money in the Premier League is so huge in comparison with the Championship that the clubs from the lower half of the table won't ever agree to it. And besides, I think it's a little unfair that international organizations like FIFA or UEFA keep increasing the number of games in their competitions or even creating brand new ones like in this case and the solution is supposedly to limit domestic competitions.
Never gonna happen, especially in England, because the money in the Premier League is so huge in comparison with the Championship that the clubs from the lower half of the table won't ever agree to it. And besides, I think it's a little unfair that international organizations like FIFA or UEFA keep increasing the number of games in their competitions or even creating brand new ones like in this case and the solution is supposedly to limit domestic competitions.
@theultumateprezes6379 The whole agenda of ESL and Club World Cup are containing the Premier League dominance and giving power to other leagues. Lol. It's what it is. The idea is to expose Man United Chelsea to Ajax AL Ahli Boca Juniors so premier league money is distributed to other league teams. Don't you see - this is pushed by RM Barca cause they are crying about EPL.
If the new champions league format is a pseudo European Super League, FIFA's new Club World Cup is bringing in a World Super League. I agree it's not great for European clubs with even more games to play, but a gentle reminder Europe isn't the be all and end all of football, there are other regions.
"other regions" lol, there are other websites besides youtube for videos, do you use them? only people in certain countries do but YT is the only one that matters because of quality/amount of content. European Football is the only one that matters to for being the top, elite division.
@@Real_SkyRipper If we go by your logic, why would you watch the world cup if European football is the only one that matters? Why watch anything but the Euros since "European Football is the only one that matters to for being the top, elite division."? Why would fans bother to support Boca Juniors, Santos, Palmeiras, Seatle Sounders, Al Hilal, Urawa Reds, Al Ahly, Auckland City, Orlando Pirates, when they can just support Manchester City because "European Football is the only one that matters to for being the top, elite division."? Football exists outside of Europe. That's why the World Cup is so special! I'm sorry to say this but your justification is a load of crap.
@shenko_ I’m not saying I agree with him but your analogy doesn’t make sense. You watch the World Cup because all of the best players from every country play in it, most of the countries don’t have strong leagues but some do well and have good players; for example Croatia or Brazil. However the majority of the Brazilian and Croatian national team players play outside their countries leagues and that’s why you would still watch the World Cup and every good player plays in it. Whereas you wouldn’t really bother to watch the Asian or Concacaf champions league rather than the European one because those competitions don’t contain the best players.
@@shenko_ who wins the world cups? people watch world cups because of european teams, remove them and have only asia vs africa and see how many will watch it lmao, also it's Nations so it's national pride, that's why so many watch it, even people not interested in football, you really gave a dumb example to try to prove me wrong, which you can't.
It would be interesting to see if Esteghlal or Persepolis wins the AFC Champions League. When they are about to leave the country, the US DHS blocks their Visas
I think they're more likely to no block the visas of teams such as Real Madrid and Boca Juniors, it'll give the likes of LA Galaxy and Inter Miami a chance of winning!
All the criticism of CWC is basically europeans not wanting anyone else to get a chance to compete with Europe. The new version of CWC is great and it would be even better if they can make it every 1 or 2 years.
I remember a time up until just after the creation of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000 where European teams and South American teams were practically tied when it came to World Championships. I think it was 22 titles vs 21 titles. The reality since then has been that the economics just will not allow South American teams to be successful outside of their own continent. European teams have won 16 titles to South America's 4 since then. South American teams simply cannot afford to keep their players as the European teams are so much more powerful economically. Players leave (and this isn't a criticism) South America because European teams are able to pay them so much more. One can see that if you break down the winning European teams since 2000 and analyze the nationalities of the players on the rosters. South American players (along with a lesser amount from other continents) were integrated into these teams whereas in the past you did not get such an expansive variety of nationalities representing club teams. I don't think FIFA would be able to rival UEFA. The best players have, do, and will continue to go ply their trade for UEFA teams. My apologies for the long winded post.
Good idea and I firmly believe that the biggest club trophy should be the club world cup and and not something like UCLs. But honestly the whole point of this should be to grow local supports for clubs around the world and increase quality outside europe. With the propose set up, European teams will just dominate. They get 12 teams while the next region only gets 6? Like I get the logic behind it but the outcome would be no different than how it is now. You want clubs outside of europe to have a higher chance of winning. To do that means having less european clubs and more clubs from other regions. Ideally you want it to be as close to even as possible.
If you are a club that is not in Europe, I would agree with you but most clubs in Europe already consider the club world cup to be worthless and not worth putting in the effort to try and win it as the UCL has more money to be won and is more prestigious to win
@@samwade6935 Lol is that why they should get 12. I think the number of teams should be 16 with maybe half(7/8) from Europe and again it gives room to let the competition finish quickly. But lol I'm not complaining tho.
I personally like it, and feel it won't take away from champions league. The only negative is on the players, as the world cup would be the next year, so for a lot of player it will be a busy two years. If it was in 2024 that would be better. A team from Europe is still likely to win it, but I think it would be more interesting.
The only problem with this new format is why use 4 year gap and why europe have 8 best eligible club in 4 years? The squad who won cl in 2021-2024 would be different in wcc 2025 due to transfers windows. The best eligible club in Europe is too much compare to other continent comenbol have 2,AFC 1,OFC 1,CAF 1 yet european club have 8 this will make European club even more dominating the wcc.
If we are going to decide who will be the best national team for four years would be why not the best club football in the world. I want to see a team from Asia go toe to toe with a team in europe not just the champions of their respective leagues.
I think it’s interesting, certainly more so than the current format. I do wonder tho wether it will turn into just a second Champions League in that year, the competitiveness of the other confederations is very important. Next to the 48 team world cup and the two year cycle for international tournaments that is the only big idea by Infantino that I am moderately exited about. Btw had he got his wish with the two year cycle, where was the club world cup supposed to fit in the calendar? lol
I used to like thee confederations cup, Australia usually qualified so it just meant more games for our national team,which didn't play enough games at the time. It's going to be a fairly crowded calendar,and I think many clubs are already financially stretched, not to mention physically.
I'm loving this idea ❤ not just that clubs in other continents and nations can get some good attention and financial gain etc from this I'm all for itb
no this will never over. Take the Champions from the three main competitions (CL, Europa and Conf) seeing the same 12 teams from UEFA ranking year after year would get super boring
I simulated the CWC in FIFA 23. No team outside of europe got out of the RO16. All 12 european teams escaped the group. All the CWC is going to do is give more money to big european teams & make tournaments less and less even for smaller clubs.
That's by design. Expansion's true purpose wasn't to help Asia and Africa but to see that European and Sudamerican giants qualify and don't accidentally miss out like Italy did last time.
@@sanku1999speak for Europe only. Argentina and Brazil always qualify and we don’t need some stupid club World Cup to do so. Italy has been a subpar nation for a decade.
First you need to take out the redundancy of the tournaments out there, like the Europa Conference League...take that competition out. I think Europe, only needs Champions League and Europa League. Other conferences could follow suit and use the winners of those tournaments to qualify for the club world cup. Continental organization should realistically have one major competition, and if they can a secondary tournament, just like Europe and South America. If this new club world cup works, im in agreement with some of the comments, one leg, straight knockout tournament, include successful teams from all around the world.
I really welcome the idea only issues I have is that 12/32 are European clubs and I think it's going to clash with most continental competitions. These are not big issues tho or perhaps they won't become one.
@@GNMbg And where is this magic money coming from???? The Champions League doesn't generate that sort of money with all the best teams on the planet in it. You really think TV rights in europe will be 1000% more than the CL????
I’m not against this. There might be the issue of there being too many games with the World Cup & UCL expanding as well. I’d be fine with them alternating too. 3 years of UCL and then a World Club Cup year. It won’t happen but it might be a good way to lighten the game load on players.
No way. Football is getting globalised. It's not only Europe's Forte . If anything scrap the 20 team league and make it 18. Shut down the useless cups like carabao.
@@GIBBO4182 football's always been like this. Very rarely have the small teams won tournaments. Even when they do it's due to excellent scouting or teamwork. This is just spreading the money and views to the globe.
@@vigneshjayakumar6252but a good cup run is great for smaller clubs, financially alone! No it’s not spreading the money. It’s giving teams already in the UCL ANOTHER tournament to make money from, how is that helping the other teams in their domestic leagues?
This could make the concacaf champions league a much bigger deal too. Since it’s the gateway to the World Cup. It would kind give every team something to fight towards. One of the things I love about soccer.
Idk if you know this, but concacaf winners been qualifying for the club world cup for years. It's just that the MLS teams have been dominated by the Mexican League that you never seen MLS team participate. Other than Seattle last year. Who immediately got eliminated
@@natewagstaff2516 European teams don't care. Because they already make more money in Europe due to Monopoly. South American, Asian, and African teams do care. Mexican teams also do care. MLS teams don't care because they just have not had a realistic chance of making it so they became numb to it. Also the sport it's not that popular in the United States, an MLS fans are not that compared to the rest of the world.
@@aladdin3241 yea I know I just feel like a better club World Cup and the increased interest in soccer in the US will only help in my opinion. Plus it’ll be in the US.
I love how he says "...football is not just about Europe..." and then allocates OFC 1 club (understandable), AFC and CAF 4 clubs, CONCACAF 5 clubs (4 + 1 for host), CONMEBOL 6 clubs, then gives UEFA an INSANE 12 clubs!!! I know they're popular but come on. It would have been more than fine to have 4 clubs from each. No one else will have a chance against that many clubs from UCL.
So much can change so quick in club football, with players coming and going, international football, different thing, makes no sense to host this every 4 years, i can see what fifa want but, be interesting to see how it pans out
The issue of fatigue is overblown to me because nobody expects the same exact players to compete in league and cups and this too. Big teams have big squads. KDB and Haaland don't have to start vs Al Ahly when Alvarez is also there.
what do you think happens to this tournament when big clubs send their subs to play. Its gonna be seen as a second rate tournament and few will watch it. FIFA wants the big players to play.
If a club in Poland, Croatia, Greece, Belgium, Turkey, Finland, etc. wins their domestic league, declaring themselves as the best team in their country, don’t they deserve a champions league qualification? Just by qualifying, how much money do they get? That’s a lot of money for those small teams. Why don’t they do that? Like the original format when it’s 1 club per country qualifying.
No. CWC is boring enough as it is, because the non-european teams (excluding some from Conmebol) are terrible in comparison. Now imagine adding even more teams from those regions.
I think compeptition that using coeficient to rule the slot is a bit unfair, it makes big teams more rich and small team not have a chanace and cant get the benefit at all
While I like the idea of club world cup being held every four years, I don't like the format. Giving too many slot for UEFA with most based on coefficients takes away the suspense. It'll be more competitive and less predictable if each federation can only send four teams: winner or runner-up (if a club wins consecutively like Auckland City) of each main major competition in the last four years. I want to see more unlikely clubs from around the world, not another UCL.
its not about competition, fairness or even sport in general - its all about the money. Making it more predictable and making best conditions to the richest clubs is what FIFA wants as it generates more money.
So here's an idea.... what do you guys think about an *appearance limiter* rule being introduced into football e.g players cannot exceed 40 apps a season etc. ? in that way football will become more competitive don't you think? and also... lesser players can get decent amounts of game time.. due to the fact that the stars will be limited to a fixed number of appearances.. what do you guys think?
That's true but looking at the Saudi league and the way things are moving, it looks like other regions will slowly build up over time - and that's not necessarily a bad thing. The way the Saudi's are doing it by breaching financial fair play is definitely to be discussed, but the general idea of clubs around the world being more competitive and bigger isn't necessarily the worst idea
This will be insane in terms of teams outside of Europe qualifying for a competition 4 years away. For example, I wouldn't be surprised if Fluminense are fighting relegation or already in Serie B by 2025. There's no consensus for how long a team can stay big, aside from current day Flamengo and Palmeiras no club is safe. The footballing landscape changes so often here that I wouldn't be surprised seeing truly awful teams competing at this new CWC. In Brazil it's not uncommon for a team to win the league then get relegated within 3 years. Clubs here are so unstable that after a good season they will lose half their players to Europe, struggle with finances and poor decision making and soon enough the team will be awful. Look at Cruzeiro, after 2014. Corinthians after 2005 and 2017. Flamengo after 2009. etc
As a football fan that isnt European or a fan of any European team or league, I really hope the Club world cup gets more relevant and important than the champions. I will never get to experience the atmosphere of my favorite team playing in the champions league, but maybe seeing them play in the club world cup will have the same atmosphere and excitement.
Idk the CL is basically a “National League” at some point, because Europe is quite close and confined. It is harder and more expensive for fans to travel to distant countries. So for the atmosphere I think it wouldn’t be comparable. When your team plays in South America for example you have to fly to the other side of the world just to compete against someone you don’t have any rivalry with because they play on a complete different continent and sometimes you hear the name for the first time especially when it comes to Asian teams. There are also countries where football isn’t really the most popular sport. China, India, Japan, Pakistan for example
@@poppi510 The proposal is for it to be like a world cup, run over 1 month in a host country (USA for 2025) you wouldn't have fans flying out to loads of different continents to follow their team, if you want to go you just go to the one host country for all the matches that tournament.
Not a bloody chance. You do not re-create a UCL match atmosphere at the Nou Camp or Anfield in a neutral ground. Ticket prices will mean you will get lots of corporate tickets that bring zero atmosphere. Infantino is infantile in believing he can create a similar atmosphere to a club ground.
🤢🤢🤮 al-Hillal is MAFIA club🤢🤢🤮The only reason it won many trophies simply because it has always been the favorite of the bosses of the saudi royal mafia since inception🤏 al-Ittihad, on the other hand, is known to be the people club. Few years ago, Saudi regime has arrested & tortured one of the club most famous & successful president (not a prince), which affected the club negatively for years until recently.
@@BenjaminKeller well, 150 years of History for a start, plus the fact both clubs have more fans than those two leagues combined. Little things like that.
As a brasilian i think brasilian clubs are the unoque that have chance to atleast reach quarter finals a team can change alot in 4 years and european clubs are very strong
Football is getting globalised. It's not only Europe's Forte . If anything scrap the 20 team league and make it 18. Shut down the useless cups like carabao cup, or make age restrictions so players get rested and others get chances.
American here, and the UEFA Champions league winner implying "We're the best club in the world!" strikes me as very similar to what we do here when an NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL team wins and calls themselves "World Champions". I get it, the U.S. domestic leagues are clearly the strongest leagues globally for those sports, similar to how the European leagues are strongest when it comes to Football, but it always seems silly when it's ultimately a regional competition. While it wouldn't surprise me at all to see a European club take it, you can't deny it will be great fun to see clubs from different leagues get to compete against each other!
As an MLS fan I'm hyped for this. I don't follow UEFA soccer at all so this will give me the chance to see the big Prem and European team in a competition I actually care about.
@@Jd-nc4uh I'm fine with that, the games typically are quite low scoring and less entertaining to me, with none of the local connection or investment in regional beefs that make sports great. If I can't point to where your team plays on a map, imo it's not for me.
@@Jd-nc4uh exactly, I really don't enjoy baseball much myself. I respect those who love the more intricate details of the European game though 100%. The skill and level is unparalleled.
It will fail. There clearly is Money from American and Saudis involved. But Teams from those regions Stück. I can See South American Teams winning and Europe Teams but Nobody Else
This is very unfair to great non-european teams. Think of 2019 Flamengo, or 2012 Corinthians. Some of these teams are legendary, but under this 4-year system, these squads would have been disbanded long before they ever have a chance to face the Europeans. Absolutely ruining South American's most desirable competition in favour of profits.
I remember reading a line somewhere that read “fútbol is the new slavery” and I totally agree. Players need to express their opinions because this is all for business profits.
Do you think FIFA can rival UEFA when it comes to club football?!
...UEFA is a member of FIFA though 🤔
Champions league is for EUROPE not the club World Cup which is for the whole world. Champions league will bring more money to the clubs so no it will not replace the champions league
yes, club football should be a global game, and not just a monopoly of europe
Nooooooooo why every 4 years, every 2 or 3 years was better, some players miss their chances because 4 years is too long, they get burnout or injuries in that four years span, if it’s in every 2 or 3 years we will get fresher n more newer players every fifa club World Cup and legends can participate multiple times, legends like messi n ronaldo, if they in their 35/36, every 2 of 3 years they will be like 37/38 for their one last participation but every 4 years they will be 40, that’s too old.
Only UEFA are allowed to overplay players...fifa should rather focus on something that exclude europe...cause they have that 7 and 10...while them two still play..people want them two to stay relevant...
every four years takes away the possibility of replacing the ucl.if it was annualy it would be a problem but every 4yrs isnt bad
4 years.... For now... 😅
Wait till they start expanding the number of teams
Every 2 yrs... Everyone wins😂
Click bait maybe ? 🤔
It can't cause the women's World Cup is those same months so they don't want them to collide.
My problem is you could have a team like Seattle qualify by winning CCL in 2022 last year and by the time the 2025 club world cup comes around they'll have a very different squad.
Incentive for teams to stay together maybe?
I thought of these too, but I consider it a non issue. Football in our era is purely transfer driven.
My own issues with the competition is it has the possibility of clashing with national team competition & representation and offers the players little time to rest & recover.
On one side, I really love the competition not because of it can crown a world champion but because it offers more content for me as a fan cos summers are really boring in the years where there're no national team competition.
As a human I want the players to rest, as a fan lol I wish they don't and the issues above sadly aren't my headache and yours too.
I mean you can have a team qualify for the champions League, and have a complete different team the next tournament.
The problem with MLS is a lot of teams will collapse after winning in a season but designe
@@aladdin3241 that's exactly what I was thinking
@@aladdin3241by design because of the salary cap, its hard to retain “stars” and “future stars” , which is why they always go to europe. MLS is being held back by the salary cap but also i understand as some of the smaller city clubs like Nashville and lets say San Jose and Montreal would get ate up by cities like New York, LA, Miami , Chicago , Houston, New England/Boston
English guy here. I’ve enjoyed European dominance in Football since I can remember, but I’m not against the rest of the World getting a look in tbh. Football is a global game; it shouldn’t just be confined to Europe tbf
This is just going to lead to super clubs. Forget Europe for a minute.
What this is going to do is create superclubs in every continent, since only handful of same clubs will participate every year. Look at it like the parachute payment clubs in EFL.
Once these clubs start owning their leagues, essentially turning it into one club league, they will demand even more money, which will then result in a super league in future, except not just for Europe but the world.
It’s not they literally have their own competitions
@@sanku1999 Not gonna happen. its not a competition that will generate any real following. Hell, the club cup as it is isn't shown in most european countries
@@mrcuddlebuns1000 see the big picture buddy. Right now, most leagues in the world excluding Europe and MLS style franchises have 2-3 clubs dominating everything.
If one of them starts getting money, even the duopoly becomes monopoly. These clubs have nothing to play for except their continental competitions. You give them Club WC and the money they are promising, these clubs will become ever more and more dominant.
They will demand more money. Hence - they will start demanding more pay, resulting in a official super league, sponsored by FIFA.
@RetroProg what are you smoking?
Have you seen a big club do a pre season tour? Literally generates millions. These matches will appeal to each and every foreign fan.
The four year gap can be quite a long time in club football. World cup qualifiers tend to take place over two years which guarantees in form teams but this club version risks having teams grotesquely out of form. But it's a great idea
Some clubs may change their entire squad and managing staff in the span of 4 years.
@@sayantanmazumdar3 I've seen Chelsea win the champions league and fourish years later be around 10th in the premier league.
@@eamonreidy9534 Exactly.
Gamba Osaka won the AFC Champmions League in 2008, and relegated from Japanese top tier in 2012
Every 4 years makes it bigger and more special. The down side is that team rosters change quite a bit even from year to year and the team that qualified most likely will not be the team that plays in the world cup. I'm happy to see this new experiment come to pass.
Lies again? Acura Mecca World Cup
Which will make it very very dumb
The new Club World Cup format should be a straight knockout tournament. A group stage would be too many games.
@@wingedhussar1453they would also win with a group stage
I said this, Like an FA cup for the world. It needs to be brutal, knock out. One leg. No seeded teams. A few wild card teams.
@@trojanhorse6029 no money in that. it'd just be another unnecessary fixture.
all cups should be straight knockout
@@laoch5658I dissagree with that. Imagine hyping up that your country has qualified for the world cup for the first time. The players have travelled halfways across the globe. Only to lose 4-0 against France, being their first and last game. I think the current system with 32 teams is the perfect way to have it
Sure the number of games would increase and so would the burnout. But with the increase in burnout will come more opportunities for all squad players. Probable 2nd/3rd choice players would be able to rack up 15-20 appearances per season. Wouldn't be the worst thing imo.
Ive always been in favor for a bigger club world cup, I just think it would be a nice variation to see new teams play 😊
This club world cup will be amazing. Since i was a kid I’ve been saying this should be a thing.
Playing this tournament on a bi-annual basis would make sense to more accurately reflect the constantly changing reality of club football but I’m afraid it would only motivate FIFA to make the nations World Cup bi-annually as well.
If they could make the club WC bi-annually and the countries one every 4 years as usual, then it would be perfect!!
That would mean that players won’t have any summers free in the 4 year cycle, it’ll overwork them more than now, where they have 2 summers free.
@@incognito_.It's not like they aren't well compensated for it already 🤷
@@AmateurHEROduelist looking at them like they not human i see
@@ulthuncho7123 they are professional athletes coddled with overseeing healthcare and physio and compensated financially massively. if they have trouble being active for up to 120+mins a week then they should find another job to be honest 🤷.
Making this once every 4 years like the world cup was the right decision.
My concern will be the quality of football. We seen how injuries are taking a huge toll and this will just add to it. And if any of the smaller leagues lose any of their first team players they won't represent very well. All for the format but someone is going to lose. Only so much butter and jam for our toast. Great video
Yeah
Kashima antlers were competitive in the club world cup a while back, they went toe to toe with real madrid. I don't think it will be too much of an issue.
@@baraobam8416 if antlers get enough money to spend they’ll have better teams too
So are we saying that players of successful clubs just don't get breaks/pre seasons anymore then? Season starts in August, play through until May, this tournament starts in June, even if it's done within a month (which normally a 32 team world cup does take a full month) means that players will be off in July, when pre season is going and need to be back at their clubs ready for August again.
I know it's not every year so shouldn't be that big of a deal, but then you also have the World Cup and Euros in two of the 3 years that the Club World Cup isn't active, so players get one summer off every 4 years if they play for a big team? Sounds... Interesting.
No sommer off, there is also nations league and confederation league and whatever, unless they plan to get rid of those which i dont think.
Yeah, I feel bad for the players
@@mbbsboi7248 I dont, they can quit whenever they want and do another job.
@@mbbsboi7248 you shouldn't, they all millionaires
It will lead to talents staying in their country, alot travel back during summer. Some travels take 12h or more, just to stay few weeks and go back.
I really like this idea. I don't love FIFA exerting more control over the game than it already has, but I am very interested in club football gaining bigger global exposure. I'll never stop supporting my favorite European club, but clubs from around the world getting more exposure is a great thing. I'd love to watch my dad's hometown club Nagoya Grampus getting to play a match against our local NYCFC for example.
Absolutely. Funny thing about the critics of this idea, a lot of them are Messi and Ronaldo fans who'd go nuts on social media if Inter Miami played Al-Nassr in a Club World Cup final!
@@JohnDoe-qn7edif al nassr played inter Miami in club wc final it will break every record of viewership football has ever seen
I'm not sure what to make of this new competition. I love the idea of the Club World Cup, of bringing clubs from every part of the world, and am a big supporter of the current version, even attending a game this past edition in Morocco. But my biggest hesitation with this new version is that, in my opinion, club football should contain competitions that are played every year, not every four years. However, I will wait and see how this plays out as there is some good potential here, and it would be great to see club football get big outside of Europe too.
If it's played every year, detractors will have even more things to say. "Too many games" blah blah blah.
@@JohnDoe-qn7ed ?? it's already being played every year
@@BhBc8f8 The new 32 team format
The old format will continue as an intercontinental cup
@@alligatoridaecrocodylia9975 That's great. Now get rid of the 32-team one.
Honestly not the worst idea. The four year format would mean it's not a burden on players every summer. Main thing I find so funny is why FIFA are now suddenly keen on the 32 team format but getting rid of it for the World Cup 😅
i rather have 16 teams on Club World Cup with 1 year more that 32 teams on Club World Cup with 4 Years
but at least there will be Europa League Style Club World Cup
@@hugoumero9723 You're not considering the calendar at all
I thought the same. Probably it's not the same project group working on it or they think they gain some good will by keeping it
What?! They have a World Cup and euros as well 😂😂 so one summer off every four years yeah?
@@gabrielalohan728 It's every 4 years..
I think making it every four years is a good idea and to be honest I’ve always been of the opinion that the title of being World Champions should have a heavier weight to it than it currently does in Europe.
Agreed
Well why woud anyone in Europe care.
The champions league has all theb est teams in the world and if you win that then you are the best in the world.
Look at the curent club world cup, all but 4 wins are from european teams, the 4 wins coming from Brazil and they wherent in resent years.
European clubs are dominating that competition too and they arent even taking it that seiously.
No mather how we look at it who ever wins the Champions league is the best team in the world and whit the talent and money that Europe has it will remain the case for the future.
@@fromjos Saudi teams get old players and few of them on top.
That wont change anything, they will probably stop get players afther 2030.
South american teams can get maybe a mach here or there but as we have seen recently they arent very competitive.
@@fromjos I dont think having a foreign owner is a bad thing.
Problem is if they actually whant to invest in the club and whant to win.
A World salary cap woud be really great, but it will be hard to implement.
And if there is a salary cap then teams like PSG and Man City wont be a problem. In the curent system teams like PSG and Man City are great since they have the money to compete whit the other clubs.
@@stefankatsarov5806the Club World Cup will include 4 of the champions league winners and the highest ranked UEFA teams, it’ll basically be the top of the top in Europe and the best teams outside of Europe. Just a more prestigious idea.
I really like the proposed format, makes it easier to take the club world cup seriously. As mentioned by others in comments, it can’t really replace the UCL, since the UCL takes place yearly.
As for players not getting that much rest, i guess it just pushes teams to have a deep squad, not the same starting 11 each matchday
I'm actually hyped for this, probably the only voices against this come from Europe.
I like it too, sounds interesting and its only every 4 years
I’m from Europe and tbh I’m hyped for it too.
i wonder why...almost as if they have a tournament that is much more prestigious and entertaining...also european teams are going to win this every single time
@@gautman-t7w Prestige doesn't necessarily mean more entertaining. I find a lot of the top leagues in Europe kind of boring. Yes, they have the top talent but they are extremely predictable. I usually skip the Champions League for example because I don't feel the stakes. I just don't. Unless we're talking about the teams fighting to avoid relegation, those are the only really entertaining matches. While, lets say the MLS, where the talent is inarguably much, much worse, it's a more exciting league to me. It's not predictable. Teams are a little more equal. And it holds my interest. With a very fat prize pot and world wide exposure, I think the competition would be a lot more intense than you think. One great thing about football, outside of the top leagues, is that anything can realistically happen.
@@gautman-t7wYeah that’s my issue with it too.
The World Cup already is restricted enough with only 8 countries being able to win over 100 years and only European and South American countries having a chance at winning. But with a Club World Cup ONLY European nations will win and with European Clubs already having half of the slots what’s the point.
I mean the Champions League already is becoming restricted with now only clubs from the top 5 leagues seemingly being able to win and adding all these weaker clubs from other continents will just make it even worse.
Perfectly packaging, perfect delivery. Clearly did your research. Great video 👌
I think a club world cup every 2nd year would be really fun. One year, every continent have their CL football, and the year after that, a club world cup. Imo would be extremely fun to watch and also would be great for every club around the world.
Nope imo. 4 years is better for me. But in every 2nd year they can arrange a continental club cup with exactly the same format as current 7 team club WC format.
@@n-zedorai6613 I would be open for that as well.
Great for every club in the world? You mean great for the top 0.1% clubs in the world who will take that money to even further dominate their domestic league? This tournament will not be about glory, it'll be about getting that prize money and expanding your business.
Football giants are like mega-corporations, they wipe out all their competition, not because they have a better product, but because they're an unstoppable machine with the power to do anything they want.
Club football, especially the top tiers, is ruined enough by greed already; the revamped Club World Cup - as it's planned right now - will just make it even worse
It wouldn’t be good for any club
Teams want a chance of winning tournaments not getting knocked out by Man City or Real Madrid instead they’d much rather play in their own continents version of the champions league where they have a chance and actually go against similar rated teams.
Not sure why anyone would want European giants to destroy smaller teams and just infest every continent with this problem. There’s not a single benefit to this club World Cup which was never designed to replace champions leagues or the copa libertadores
@@Alphoric Then why do you watch FIFIA world cup? We can see spain humiliating noob teams like costa rica 7-0.
I don't care that much about the UCL, this will win me big time
As an African I would happily welcome this idea, provided it doesn't clash with other competitions and players manage to get enough rest then I am all for it. Also a little biased but I would rather watch Al Ahly or Sundowns vs Madrid or Chelsea than watch Italy vs Senegal in the confederations cup.
The problem is outside of Europe there is a massive drop off in quality. You see this when the current tournament plays out. I think FIFA are just after cash and European clubs should refuse to take part. Why play in a competition that will feel like a pre season tour
100% FIFA are just after cash. They are a totally corrupt organisation.
Vasco da Gama >>>>>> Manchester City
@@filipirodrigues8569oh ffs
As well-intentioned this may be for global club football, it's almost definitely just going to become a second Champions League every four years with a sprinkle of some South American teams and the odd upset making it to the latter stages of the tournament
It feels like it will be more like the FA Cup, there'll be a huge variety in the level of the clubs, and though everyone will love to see some plucky underdog beating someone they weren't expected to and everyone calling it a giantkilling, they'll still get Man City in the next round and get crushed. Then we'll end up with mostly European clubs in the quarters and probably all European clubs in the semis. I mean Europe and South America already completely dominate the world cup, and that is before nicking all the best players from the other confederations.
I'm not sure if clubs from the weaker confederations being served up to get hammered by billion pound squads from Europe is really a good way of promoting the game in other continents, but maybe that's not the point and it's just the best option for FIFA making more money.
será bem mais legal que a champions league, o mundo não gira só em torno da europa, esse será o maior cameponato de clubes para os outros países
One thing I heavily dislike is the idea that 8 european and 2 south american spots will be filled up by teams who haven’t earned their spot by winning a tournament but by being consistently okish over 4 years. It’s just a safety net for the big name clubs who regularly reach the quarter finals just by having more money than others and it will increase the money gap. It’s also ludicrous that a random team of the host nation just gets a spot while 3 champions of the Oceanic „champions league“ can’t compete.
It should be 4 champions from all 6 continents (24 teams), then maybe the 4 losing finalists from the uefa and conmebol competitions to make it 32 teams, as those teams at least reached a final to deserve qualifying.
Having the host nation get a team is completely reasonable.
@@warrenzevon4994 it would be the same as giving one additional place in the Champions League to the nation that hosts the final. It would be ok if it weren’t on the expense of real champions from the (granted rather weak) ofc confederation.
@@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766 no it’s not like that at all. It’s a tournament held in one place over a few weeks. Just like the actual World Cup the host nation should be represented
@@chcucivtxzclccucifudohzfu6766 Good points well made. 'Consistently okish' made me chuckle. Step forward Aston Villa and Tottenham Hotspur!))
Rasmus Højlund sustained a small injury in pre-season with Atalanta
My only gripe with this is that we pretend like the biggest teams don't already have massive squads.
The solution to potential player burnout is to simply trust more of your players. Instead of giving the most minutes to the same 16-18 players, spread the minutes more evenly to more of your fringe players. Salah, Bruno Fernandes & KDB don't need to be playing every League & FA Cup game. The biggest clubs in the world have some of the best academies with talented players. Use those players, and lighten the load on superstars.
How will FIFA react if Barca Bayern & Liverpool all send their u23 squads? The competition is dead in the water and FIFA don't make their TV revenues. Remember FIFA announced this bollocks without consulting the clubs.
To be honest they need to play youth players or players who are in the fringe because this shouldn't be worth player burntout
@@RetroProg If the prize money is the same as in CL then nobody will want to send u23, the clubs will have to have two of the TEAM A and another Team B...which means clubs will have to increase their team size to at least 33 players which means more salaries, more trainers, more physiotherapists, more of everything...
Bayern Munich has 27 players atm.
@@wokeaf1337 Yep, another term for Team B is.... The under 23s. and thats who'll play this hollow tournament that FIFA have been flogging for the last 50 years.
And where is this prize money going to magically come from?? CL is shown in every country in europe and many many more outside. NOBODY shows the club world cup and there will be little appetite for it in Europe, which is where the money is. FIFA couldn't run a piss up in a brewery and is institutionally corrupt with the new crook at the top no different than the last one. And, in the end, thats all this is, FIFA wanting more money as all the big bucks are with UEFA.
It doesn't always work like that bro.... U cant just field in a less inferior team especially in cup games when these mid table teams are fielding in there best. I remember one time when Liverpool fielded in their b team against Aston villa because the had a world club cup match. Aston villa fielded their best team and smashed Liverpool ! Only in a perfect world will this Ur theory work
The Club World Cup should be held every 2 years but only the two successive champions of their continental cups plus the champion and runner-up of the previous CWC should be in it.
The reason why the old format was a flop is because it was held annually, only had seven teams, had a lack of promotion and because the host country was also a part of it without being a continental champion, and it was usually hosted by UAE, Morocco, Qatar and Japan constantly. The host should be from one of the continental champions. It would have 14 teams altogether.
Will the FIFA Club World Cup surpass the UEFA Champions League??????...
The answer to this question is simple, the Club World Cup "WILL" become the number one club completion, surpassing the European Champions League, and for one very good reason. In fact, it would already be the premier international club competition if it had done what it should have done in the first place i.e.... STAY IN ITS LANE!!!
What makes the FIFA World Cup so delicious has always been the fact that it happens so infrequently, by mirroring its big brother, the Club World Cup will reap a similar reward. The European Champions League cannot hope to compete with its global equivalent once FIFA stops trying to compete with it on a year-to-year basis.
For Example: Once upon a time, the English FA Cup used to be the most sought-after domestic trophy, even more important than winning the league or the old European Cup (now the Champions League).
Why?...
Because once upon a time (unless it happened to be a World Cup year) the FA Cup was the only live football game you would see on television. That made it soooo special to both players and fans alike. The two main TV networks would give it priority programming starting from early in the morning. Nowadays, with so much live football on TV, nobody really cares that much about winning it, certainly not anything like the desire to win the EPL.
The FIFA World Cup on the other hand has not lost any of its appeal in the face of so much live football. And it never will. That four-year wait is always worth the wait and the FIFA "Club" World Cup on a four-year cycle will reap the benefit of this as well.
SIDE NOTE: Had FIFA Implemented this format when it first had the idea way back in the late 70s, it would have been even more interesting and garnered even more interest, because back then there was a lot more parity between the leagues, certainly more parity between the European and South American Leagues.
In fact, if the history of the Intercontinental Cup is any indication, the South American Clubs would most likely have come out on top.
Africa would also have carried much more weight because most of its best and brightest players (like Cameroon Legend Roger Milla) would still have been playing for African clubs and no doubt would have viewed the tournament as the best way to get snapped up by the bigger and richer European clubs.
I’m a fan of the idea, but i’m not sure how exactly good the execution would be.
The winner, and hell, probably all of the QF’s would almost certainly be completely European every year. Not that thats not how it is every year, but making a massive competition out of it is another thing.
I also worry about player burnout. We’ve been seeing it more and more in recent times with how many more games have been played, and just adding another WC style tournament seems like it would definitely add to the injury crisis. They key to avoiding this would be to have bigger squads with more rotation players, which wouldn’t be an issue to to European clubs (except Liverpool), as they have money to spend, but smaller clubs from anywhere else wouldn’t have the money that have in Europe to compete.
I do think it could be great motivation for smaller leagues/teams, though. Hopefully that extra push for big competition could improve leagues in the rest of the world.
With that, I don’t think it will ever be able to be a perfectly fair competition, not by the fault of FIFA, just inherently. But, I would still love to see this competition play out, as I still think it’s a great thing for smaller clubs/leagues to be able to compete with bigger sides.
The only problem I see is the calendars filling up more. I think, to combat this, the standard size of a league could be reduced from 20 to 18, or even 16. This would take 8 games off of a footballer's calendar, enough for the entire cwc tournament.
Yeah , great idea, 16 clubs per leagues max
Never gonna happen, especially in England, because the money in the Premier League is so huge in comparison with the Championship that the clubs from the lower half of the table won't ever agree to it. And besides, I think it's a little unfair that international organizations like FIFA or UEFA keep increasing the number of games in their competitions or even creating brand new ones like in this case and the solution is supposedly to limit domestic competitions.
Never gonna happen, especially in England, because the money in the Premier League is so huge in comparison with the Championship that the clubs from the lower half of the table won't ever agree to it. And besides, I think it's a little unfair that international organizations like FIFA or UEFA keep increasing the number of games in their competitions or even creating brand new ones like in this case and the solution is supposedly to limit domestic competitions.
@theultumateprezes6379 The whole agenda of ESL and Club World Cup are containing the Premier League dominance and giving power to other leagues. Lol. It's what it is.
The idea is to expose Man United Chelsea to Ajax AL Ahli Boca Juniors so premier league money is distributed to other league teams. Don't you see - this is pushed by RM Barca cause they are crying about EPL.
UEFA cares about champions league. FIFA cares about club world cup. Neither team cares about the players or the game. Money
If the new champions league format is a pseudo European Super League, FIFA's new Club World Cup is bringing in a World Super League.
I agree it's not great for European clubs with even more games to play, but a gentle reminder Europe isn't the be all and end all of football, there are other regions.
if case this format stays in 2027 this will ended up not very well and UEFA could have face been extination
"other regions" lol, there are other websites besides youtube for videos, do you use them? only people in certain countries do but YT is the only one that matters because of quality/amount of content. European Football is the only one that matters to for being the top, elite division.
@@Real_SkyRipper If we go by your logic, why would you watch the world cup if European football is the only one that matters?
Why watch anything but the Euros since "European Football is the only one that matters to for being the top, elite division."?
Why would fans bother to support Boca Juniors, Santos, Palmeiras, Seatle Sounders, Al Hilal, Urawa Reds, Al Ahly, Auckland City, Orlando Pirates, when they can just support Manchester City because "European Football is the only one that matters to for being the top, elite division."?
Football exists outside of Europe.
That's why the World Cup is so special!
I'm sorry to say this but your justification is a load of crap.
@shenko_ I’m not saying I agree with him but your analogy doesn’t make sense. You watch the World Cup because all of the best players from every country play in it, most of the countries don’t have strong leagues but some do well and have good players; for example Croatia or Brazil. However the majority of the Brazilian and Croatian national team players play outside their countries leagues and that’s why you would still watch the World Cup and every good player plays in it. Whereas you wouldn’t really bother to watch the Asian or Concacaf champions league rather than the European one because those competitions don’t contain the best players.
@@shenko_ who wins the world cups? people watch world cups because of european teams, remove them and have only asia vs africa and see how many will watch it lmao, also it's Nations so it's national pride, that's why so many watch it, even people not interested in football, you really gave a dumb example to try to prove me wrong, which you can't.
Inter Miami vs Al Nasir at the club cup would be spicy
Lol why do people act like Messia and Ronaldo are arch nemesis
It would be interesting to see if Esteghlal or Persepolis wins the AFC Champions League. When they are about to leave the country, the US DHS blocks their Visas
I think they're more likely to no block the visas of teams such as Real Madrid and Boca Juniors, it'll give the likes of LA Galaxy and Inter Miami a chance of winning!
I rather the old format of the Club World Cup.
All the criticism of CWC is basically europeans not wanting anyone else to get a chance to compete with Europe. The new version of CWC is great and it would be even better if they can make it every 1 or 2 years.
Buddy 12 teams qualify from Europe
They know it’s would be to easy for them
As long as they don't overwhelm the schedule.
I remember a time up until just after the creation of the FIFA Club World Cup in 2000 where European teams and South American teams were practically tied when it came to World Championships. I think it was 22 titles vs 21 titles. The reality since then has been that the economics just will not allow South American teams to be successful outside of their own continent. European teams have won 16 titles to South America's 4 since then. South American teams simply cannot afford to keep their players as the European teams are so much more powerful economically. Players leave (and this isn't a criticism) South America because European teams are able to pay them so much more. One can see that if you break down the winning European teams since 2000 and analyze the nationalities of the players on the rosters. South American players (along with a lesser amount from other continents) were integrated into these teams whereas in the past you did not get such an expansive variety of nationalities representing club teams. I don't think FIFA would be able to rival UEFA. The best players have, do, and will continue to go ply their trade for UEFA teams. My apologies for the long winded post.
Good idea and I firmly believe that the biggest club trophy should be the club world cup and and not something like UCLs. But honestly the whole point of this should be to grow local supports for clubs around the world and increase quality outside europe. With the propose set up, European teams will just dominate. They get 12 teams while the next region only gets 6? Like I get the logic behind it but the outcome would be no different than how it is now. You want clubs outside of europe to have a higher chance of winning. To do that means having less european clubs and more clubs from other regions. Ideally you want it to be as close to even as possible.
If you are a club that is not in Europe, I would agree with you but most clubs in Europe already consider the club world cup to be worthless and not worth putting in the effort to try and win it as the UCL has more money to be won and is more prestigious to win
@@samwade6935 Lol is that why they should get 12. I think the number of teams should be 16 with maybe half(7/8) from Europe and again it gives room to let the competition finish quickly. But lol I'm not complaining tho.
@@samwade6935a club tournament during summer break makes it worthless
It’s like preseason for us
I personally like it, and feel it won't take away from champions league. The only negative is on the players, as the world cup would be the next year, so for a lot of player it will be a busy two years. If it was in 2024 that would be better. A team from Europe is still likely to win it, but I think it would be more interesting.
The only problem with this new format is why use 4 year gap and why europe have 8 best eligible club in 4 years? The squad who won cl in 2021-2024 would be different in wcc 2025 due to transfers windows. The best eligible club in Europe is too much compare to other continent comenbol have 2,AFC 1,OFC 1,CAF 1 yet european club have 8 this will make European club even more dominating the wcc.
If we are going to decide who will be the best national team for four years would be why not the best club football in the world. I want to see a team from Asia go toe to toe with a team in europe not just the champions of their respective leagues.
I think it’s interesting, certainly more so than the current format. I do wonder tho wether it will turn into just a second Champions League in that year, the competitiveness of the other confederations is very important.
Next to the 48 team world cup and the two year cycle for international tournaments that is the only big idea by Infantino that I am moderately exited about. Btw had he got his wish with the two year cycle, where was the club world cup supposed to fit in the calendar? lol
Just to be clear, the current format is preserved in the Intercontinental Cup. And of course, Europe gets byes STRAIGHT TO THE FINAL.
Very good ideas. Should be every 2 years not a big fan of four years.
I used to like thee confederations cup, Australia usually qualified so it just meant more games for our national team,which didn't play enough games at the time. It's going to be a fairly crowded calendar,and I think many clubs are already financially stretched, not to mention physically.
I'm loving this idea ❤ not just that clubs in other continents and nations can get some good attention and financial gain etc from this I'm all for itb
We dont need your money
no this will never over. Take the Champions from the three main competitions (CL, Europa and Conf) seeing the same 12 teams from UEFA ranking year after year would get super boring
sounds like great pre season friendlies
What pre-season friendly is this that rewards €50M just for participating?
8:44 Why did you measure the profits of FIFA and compare them to the revenue of EUFA when they are measuring two different quantities?
I simulated the CWC in FIFA 23. No team outside of europe got out of the RO16. All 12 european teams escaped the group. All the CWC is going to do is give more money to big european teams & make tournaments less and less even for smaller clubs.
That's a simulation.
Well if fifa 23 says so then why bother
That's by design. Expansion's true purpose wasn't to help Asia and Africa but to see that European and Sudamerican giants qualify and don't accidentally miss out like Italy did last time.
That’s fifa ya creep 😂 you didn’t even have the decency to do your test of football manager lol you did it on fifa
@@sanku1999speak for Europe only. Argentina and Brazil always qualify and we don’t need some stupid club World Cup to do so. Italy has been a subpar nation for a decade.
First you need to take out the redundancy of the tournaments out there, like the Europa Conference League...take that competition out. I think Europe, only needs Champions League and Europa League. Other conferences could follow suit and use the winners of those tournaments to qualify for the club world cup. Continental organization should realistically have one major competition, and if they can a secondary tournament, just like Europe and South America.
If this new club world cup works, im in agreement with some of the comments, one leg, straight knockout tournament, include successful teams from all around the world.
I really welcome the idea only issues I have is that 12/32 are European clubs and I think it's going to clash with most continental competitions.
These are not big issues tho or perhaps they won't become one.
It will not clash. Euros /fifas/ copa needs to be done in even years
The European sides will send their U23 teams so it won't make too much of a difference to them.
@@RetroProg doubt it especially if the award is in the hundreds of millions, every club will take the competition seriously
@@GNMbg And where is this magic money coming from???? The Champions League doesn't generate that sort of money with all the best teams on the planet in it. You really think TV rights in europe will be 1000% more than the CL????
@@RetroProg bro they literally said that in the video 😮
I’m not against this. There might be the issue of there being too many games with the World Cup & UCL expanding as well. I’d be fine with them alternating too. 3 years of UCL and then a World Club Cup year. It won’t happen but it might be a good way to lighten the game load on players.
Adding more games for players to get injured 😢. Greed must stop!
No way. Football is getting globalised. It's not only Europe's Forte . If anything scrap the 20 team league and make it 18. Shut down the useless cups like carabao.
@@vigneshjayakumar6252so the big clubs get bigger, and the smaller clubs have less trophies they can actually win! Great idea…
Oh my god, you people call any remotely good idea, greed.
@@GIBBO4182 football's always been like this. Very rarely have the small teams won tournaments. Even when they do it's due to excellent scouting or teamwork. This is just spreading the money and views to the globe.
@@vigneshjayakumar6252but a good cup run is great for smaller clubs, financially alone! No it’s not spreading the money. It’s giving teams already in the UCL ANOTHER tournament to make money from, how is that helping the other teams in their domestic leagues?
CWC will be just like it's predecessor yes it would be nice to win it but not as prestigious as the ucl
This could make the concacaf champions league a much bigger deal too. Since it’s the gateway to the World Cup. It would kind give every team something to fight towards. One of the things I love about soccer.
Idk if you know this, but concacaf winners been qualifying for the club world cup for years. It's just that the MLS teams have been dominated by the Mexican League that you never seen MLS team participate. Other than Seattle last year. Who immediately got eliminated
@@aladdin3241 that’s true but a more meaningful club World Cup would help too.
@@natewagstaff2516 European teams don't care. Because they already make more money in Europe due to Monopoly. South American, Asian, and African teams do care. Mexican teams also do care. MLS teams don't care because they just have not had a realistic chance of making it so they became numb to it. Also the sport it's not that popular in the United States, an MLS fans are not that compared to the rest of the world.
@@aladdin3241 yea I know I just feel like a better club World Cup and the increased interest in soccer in the US will only help in my opinion. Plus it’ll be in the US.
Just like the FA in England should not have a football league that was the biggest corruption of English football that’s ever taken place
Nothing beats the Champions League
except the world cup
What a way to ignore the CONCACAF throughout your video. Btw, León were the 2023 champions which you did not include in your video
Keep the champions league as it is!
Too Late. The Swiss system comes into play next season and it sucks balls.
inter miami vs al nassar group stage would be sick
I love how he says "...football is not just about Europe..." and then allocates OFC 1 club (understandable), AFC and CAF 4 clubs, CONCACAF 5 clubs (4 + 1 for host), CONMEBOL 6 clubs, then gives UEFA an INSANE 12 clubs!!! I know they're popular but come on. It would have been more than fine to have 4 clubs from each. No one else will have a chance against that many clubs from UCL.
It’s more fun that way, there are less chances for a random team to land on an easy bracket and go all the way to the final just to get obliterated.
@@salahad-din3907 less chance anyone other than a UEFA club wins every single time is more like it.
If thiw allows clubs to maintaing their squad for the players contract period, than it's a big welcome for global football
I like this. South African teams will blow away top teams with their unique way of playing the game
haha "blow away" "unique" you made me laugh, best joke today congratz.
😂😂this statement made my day
😂😂😂😂😂😂what are you smoking?
@@tm_yt496 I abstain from inhaling toxic chemicals
@@Real_SkyRipper yes, Blow away indeed
So much can change so quick in club football, with players coming and going, international football, different thing, makes no sense to host this every 4 years, i can see what fifa want but, be interesting to see how it pans out
The issue of fatigue is overblown to me because nobody expects the same exact players to compete in league and cups and this too. Big teams have big squads. KDB and Haaland don't have to start vs Al Ahly when Alvarez is also there.
Thank you very much
what do you think happens to this tournament when big clubs send their subs to play. Its gonna be seen as a second rate tournament and few will watch it. FIFA wants the big players to play.
If a club in Poland, Croatia, Greece, Belgium, Turkey, Finland, etc. wins their domestic league, declaring themselves as the best team in their country, don’t they deserve a champions league qualification?
Just by qualifying, how much money do they get? That’s a lot of money for those small teams.
Why don’t they do that? Like the original format when it’s 1 club per country qualifying.
No.
CWC is boring enough as it is, because the non-european teams (excluding some from Conmebol) are terrible in comparison. Now imagine adding even more teams from those regions.
What could be more fun than watching L.A.FC get plastered 8-0 by Man Citys reserve team. I'm sure theres a huge TV audience up for that.....
I think compeptition that using coeficient to rule the slot is a bit unfair, it makes big teams more rich and small team not have a chanace and cant get the benefit at all
All teams are getting 50M euros for qualifying
While I like the idea of club world cup being held every four years, I don't like the format. Giving too many slot for UEFA with most based on coefficients takes away the suspense.
It'll be more competitive and less predictable if each federation can only send four teams: winner or runner-up (if a club wins consecutively like Auckland City) of each main major competition in the last four years.
I want to see more unlikely clubs from around the world, not another UCL.
yeah, hope they change this (prbably won't because money) so that team slots are almost even for every region
@@elv6240 so men's World Cup is less competitive and predictable?
its not about competition, fairness or even sport in general - its all about the money. Making it more predictable and making best conditions to the richest clubs is what FIFA wants as it generates more money.
It’s a money grab
@@_kickoffBro the men’s World Cup is especially unfair. Half the teams are European.
So here's an idea....
what do you guys think about an *appearance limiter* rule being introduced into football
e.g players cannot exceed 40 apps a season etc. ?
in that way football will become more competitive don't you think?
and also... lesser players can get decent amounts of game time.. due to the fact that the stars will be limited to a fixed number of appearances..
what do you guys think?
Not being from Europe id love for it to become the leading club tournament
In a word NO. Its every 4 years for starters and European teams have never taken it that seriously. It would only be about getting more money
Damn, didn’t think about it until now. The club World Cup will be great with more clubs globally
the more diverse football is, the more exciting it will be.
It’s pointless. The best teams are all in Europe, the club World Cup means nothing!
That’s the point. They’re trying to boost global club football, not just Europe
That's true but looking at the Saudi league and the way things are moving, it looks like other regions will slowly build up over time - and that's not necessarily a bad thing. The way the Saudi's are doing it by breaching financial fair play is definitely to be discussed, but the general idea of clubs around the world being more competitive and bigger isn't necessarily the worst idea
Why should Europe generate all the money from football when some of the best players come from non European countries
@@lukem2907Saudi Pro League is not sustainable at all. China proved that model doesnt work.
Have you seen this transfer window
Great for African football and other continents
I wouldn’t watch the club world cup if you paid me
Same
This will be insane in terms of teams outside of Europe qualifying for a competition 4 years away. For example, I wouldn't be surprised if Fluminense are fighting relegation or already in Serie B by 2025.
There's no consensus for how long a team can stay big, aside from current day Flamengo and Palmeiras no club is safe. The footballing landscape changes so often here that I wouldn't be surprised seeing truly awful teams competing at this new CWC.
In Brazil it's not uncommon for a team to win the league then get relegated within 3 years. Clubs here are so unstable that after a good season they will lose half their players to Europe, struggle with finances and poor decision making and soon enough the team will be awful.
Look at Cruzeiro, after 2014. Corinthians after 2005 and 2017. Flamengo after 2009. etc
As a football fan that isnt European or a fan of any European team or league, I really hope the Club world cup gets more relevant and important than the champions. I will never get to experience the atmosphere of my favorite team playing in the champions league, but maybe seeing them play in the club world cup will have the same atmosphere and excitement.
Idk the CL is basically a “National League” at some point, because Europe is quite close and confined. It is harder and more expensive for fans to travel to distant countries. So for the atmosphere I think it wouldn’t be comparable. When your team plays in South America for example you have to fly to the other side of the world just to compete against someone you don’t have any rivalry with because they play on a complete different continent and sometimes you hear the name for the first time especially when it comes to Asian teams. There are also countries where football isn’t really the most popular sport. China, India, Japan, Pakistan for example
@@poppi510 The proposal is for it to be like a world cup, run over 1 month in a host country (USA for 2025) you wouldn't have fans flying out to loads of different continents to follow their team, if you want to go you just go to the one host country for all the matches that tournament.
Not a bloody chance. You do not re-create a UCL match atmosphere at the Nou Camp or Anfield in a neutral ground.
Ticket prices will mean you will get lots of corporate tickets that bring zero atmosphere.
Infantino is infantile in believing he can create a similar atmosphere to a club ground.
As a European I really don't want this to happen. Travelling inside Europe is already very hard. Imagine going to a shithole like Mexico or brazil😂😂
@@albertbrammer9263 The UCL match atmosphere means absolutely nothing to me. So that won't be a problem to me personally lmao
SOUNDERS BABY! Seattle Washington represent!!!
Imagine Inter Miami vs Al Nassr play the world cup final in 2025? 😍
The final battle between 2 legendary GOATs (Ronaldo and Messi).
Literally impossible, lol, given that Inter Miami were in bottom of MLS 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Football officially ruined
@@Brandon-nq7ysWhy is Beckham FC vs FC Saudi Arabia any difference than FC Arab Emirates vs Glazers FC?
🤢🤢🤮 al-Hillal is MAFIA club🤢🤢🤮The only reason it won many trophies simply because it has always been the favorite of the bosses of the saudi royal mafia since inception🤏 al-Ittihad, on the other hand, is known to be the people club. Few years ago, Saudi regime has arrested & tortured one of the club most famous & successful president (not a prince), which affected the club negatively for years until recently.
@@BenjaminKeller well, 150 years of History for a start, plus the fact both clubs have more fans than those two leagues combined. Little things like that.
As a brasilian i think brasilian clubs are the unoque that have chance to atleast reach quarter finals a team can change alot in 4 years and european clubs are very strong
Football is getting globalised. It's not only Europe's Forte . If anything scrap the 20 team league and make it 18. Shut down the useless cups like carabao cup, or make age restrictions so players get rested and others get chances.
Carabao cup gives small clubs the opportunity to play big games. Football isnt just about the UCL or WC.
@Wheels246 no it doesn't. Its just for top4 leagues i england. Fa cup is inclusive
@@djsejwal2 I'd still class league 1&2 teams as small. Although FA Cup is better for including all clubs in the pyramid.
American here, and the UEFA Champions league winner implying "We're the best club in the world!" strikes me as very similar to what we do here when an NFL/NBA/MLB/NHL team wins and calls themselves "World Champions". I get it, the U.S. domestic leagues are clearly the strongest leagues globally for those sports, similar to how the European leagues are strongest when it comes to Football, but it always seems silly when it's ultimately a regional competition. While it wouldn't surprise me at all to see a European club take it, you can't deny it will be great fun to see clubs from different leagues get to compete against each other!
As an MLS fan I'm hyped for this. I don't follow UEFA soccer at all so this will give me the chance to see the big Prem and European team in a competition I actually care about.
Youre missing out on the best football/soccer smh
@@Jd-nc4uh I'm fine with that, the games typically are quite low scoring and less entertaining to me, with none of the local connection or investment in regional beefs that make sports great. If I can't point to where your team plays on a map, imo it's not for me.
@@YungSeti i feel it, im the same with baseball. Super long boring and low scores
@@YungSetithat's dumb scoring doesn't make football fun
@@Jd-nc4uh exactly, I really don't enjoy baseball much myself. I respect those who love the more intricate details of the European game though 100%. The skill and level is unparalleled.
It will fail.
There clearly is Money from American and Saudis involved.
But Teams from those regions Stück.
I can See South American Teams winning and Europe Teams but Nobody Else
The club work cup is fine. It happens every 4 years. They will be fine.
I wonder if players and clubs could handle this thick schedule? They could, if they abandon those less important tournaments.
"club football is none of FIFA's business". I wholeheartedly agree with that!
The new format of UCL is going to backfire spectacularly, opening the way for the new club world cup to take it's place because of the Saudi teams.
This is very unfair to great non-european teams. Think of 2019 Flamengo, or 2012 Corinthians. Some of these teams are legendary, but under this 4-year system, these squads would have been disbanded long before they ever have a chance to face the Europeans.
Absolutely ruining South American's most desirable competition in favour of profits.
With the new uefa champions league system? Probably
If they didn’t change it just to make more money? No way
Hopefully this will bring in even more fans
yeah, football isn't that popular, hardly anyone knows about it 🤣
@@rjaymurphy Facts bro and I’m American
sometimes I wish i could talk about soccer with my friends but all they watch is NBA and NFL
@@rjaymurphy I know, only 1.5 Billion watched the last Liverpool Man Utd game. How will they survive.......
I don't see the Champions League going quietly off into the night.
I remember reading a line somewhere that read “fútbol is the new slavery” and I totally agree. Players need to express their opinions because this is all for business profits.
Good video can't wait for the new premiership season bring it on 🔥 🙌