Vesper 30,172 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 also, what about this? EXCLUSIVE: Europe's elite clubs deal major blow to FIFA as they REJECT proposal to launch new 32-team Club World Cup in the USA in 2025, with governing body running out of time to find solution FIFA have been seeking approval to stage a 32-team competition in the US Europe's biggest clubs have rejected the proposal for the summer of 2025 FIFA refused to sign Memorandum of Understanding in retributive act Clubs could theoretically refuse to release players to play for their countries The goal for FIFA FIFA is to hold an expanded Club World Cup every four years Europe's biggest clubs have rejected a proposal from FIFA to launch a new Club World Cup in the summer of 2025 in a major blow to the world governing body. Sportsmail has learned that FIFA have been seeking approval to stage a 32-team competition in the United States during negotiations that have taken place in Qatar over the last few weeks, but the clubs are refusing to endorse the proposals. FIFA had been hoping to get the deal done at a meeting of the European Clubs Association, which represents the interests of the 220 leading European clubs, in Doha last Friday, but president Gianni Infantino pulled out at the last minute when it became clear his project would not be signed off. The MoU is an agreement between FIFA and the clubs covering the international match calendar, player release dates and compensation paid to the clubs. If a new deal is not signed in the interim clubs could theoretically refuse to release players to play for their countries during the next international break in March. FIFA have been seeking to relaunch the Club World Cup for several years and a 24-team competition was planned to take place in China last year, only for it to be cancelled due to the pandemic. UEFA are opposed to a concept they see as a threat to the primacy of the Champions League, although the clubs could be persuaded if it is sufficiently lucrative amid rumours of FIFA offering £150milllion in prize money. snip Gianni Infantino announces 32-team men’s Club World Cup in 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/16/gianni-infantino-announces-32-team-mens-club-world-cup-in-2025 Fifa president risks wrath of Europe’s leading federations No agreements made with relevant domestic leagues Gianni Infantino has risked a major row with Europe’s leading federations by announcing that Fifa will launch a 32-team men’s Club World Cup in 2025. In what amounts to an ambush to the Premier League and its counterparts, the Fifa president confirmed the drastic expansion of a tournament whose current annual iteration sees seven teams compete. His revelation was made even though no agreements have been made with the relevant domestic leagues. The revamped event will, as trailed by Infantino, take place every four years. It is understood that no formal proposals have been shown to the Premier League, whose stance was set in November 2021 and remains unchanged. Back then the league’s chief executive, Richard Masters, said it was “committed to preventing any radical changes to the post-2024 Fifa international match calendar that would adversely affect player welfare and threaten the competitiveness, calendar, structures and traditions of domestic football.” There is no indication at this stage about the likely venue for a tournament that will require significant financial backing. An expanded Club World Cup has long been a hobby horse of Infantino’s. In 2018 he proposed a new 24-team event that was looked on dimly by Uefa; it was slated to take place in China last year but was put on hold due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Barrelling on with a plan for an even bigger event will raise eyebrows across Europe and sets some of the sport’s key stakeholders on a collision course. It is inconceivable Infantino’s plan would not involve a bulk of European teams. He also confirmed a new women’s Club World Cup is being planned. Infantino’s announcement was his most eye-catching statement in a press conference, staged in the runup to Sunday’s World Cup final in Doha, which revealed that this winter’s tournament had brought in $7.5bn in revenues, $1bn more than budgeted, and boasted of its “unique cohesive power”. The president offered little in the way of answers to questions about off-pitch issues that have clouded Qatar 2022, saying Fifa is “defending human rights” and suggesting that figures around the deaths of migrant workers connected with the tournament have not been used accurately. He also announced that a new “Fifa World Series” of friendly tournaments, designed to pit teams from different continents against each other more frequently, will take place in even years across the March international break. The proposal was light on detail but is likely to generate further concerns about its added impact on existing scheduling and players’ travel time. There were outbreaks of common sense in a speech that otherwise posed many more questions than solutions. Infantino said Fifa will reconsider the format of the group stage at the expanded 2026 World Cup, the drama of this year’s quarters reducing the likelihood that the next edition will comprise 16 groups of three. He also said that from 2025 the September and October international windows will be merged to create one extended break with four matchdays. A new women’s futsal World Cup was also among the raft of new events Infantino introduced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Vesper said: He also announced that a new “Fifa World Series” of friendly tournaments, designed to pit teams from different continents against each other more frequently, will take place in even years across the March international break. wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 FIFA is out of control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 2022 FIFA World Cup, Final Argentina France https://www.sportfacts.net/sports/2022/world-cup-qatar-argentina-vs-france-s1/ https://soccerworldcup.me/argentina-vs-france-online-stream Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 no clue why they reverted to Upamecano over Konate, who was solid last game Otamendi remains the Achilles heel for the Argies massive call for them starting Di Maria too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 game on the battle for the 3rd trophy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 over 5 billion watching, most for any event ever in world history Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 pitch looks dodgy, wtf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Both horrible teams, both have Sp*rs players. Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Alexis Mac Allister looks so sharp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,319 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 France is happy not to have possession just like in previous two games. They are deadly from counters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,312 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 France slightly less cuntish than the Argies - only because they have our ex, Giroud Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 4 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said: Both horrible teams, both have Sp*rs players. 14 on the 2 squads tonight are current for former EPL players Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NikkiCFC 8,319 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Argentina penalty every game 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 pen so Pessi will likely become the first player to ever score in the group, round of 16, quarters, semis, and final Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesper 30,172 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 1 nil best thing for the game it will open it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milka 3,394 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 (edited) the title seems drawn for Argentina especially with these penalties every single game Edited December 18, 2022 by milka Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrExcalibur100 7,124 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 Messi been taking notes from Eden for his penalties? I noticed it for a while now Johnnyeye 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,509 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 ffs another pen for Argentina, typical Fulham Broadway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnnyeye 7,509 Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 France are going to fuck this up aren’t they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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