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According to reports, Real Madrid are planning to turn down an invitation to participate in the Club World Cup.
Following the completion of the 2024–25 season, FIFA announced that they are working on a new format for the Club World Club.
The competition is scheduled to grow to 32 teams and take place over four weeks in the US the following summer.
However, there have been reports based on Carlo Ancelotti’s comment that the 15th-time Champions League winners will not participate in the Club World Cup.
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Ancelotti is adamant that his team would not participate since FIFA has not offered them enough money, and he believes that other teams will do the same.
Madrid, who has won the cup five times in the last nine years, are expected to be one of the teams competing next season.
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However, according to reports from Daily Mail, Ancelotti has said, “FIFA forgets that the clubs and players will not participate in that tournament,' Ancelotti said in an interview with Il Giornale, as quoted by Relevo.
“A single Real Madrid match is worth €20m (£17m) and they want to give us that money for the entire competition. Negative. Real Madrid, like other clubs, we will decline the invitation.”
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Concerns over the wellbeing of players have prompted criticism of FIFA's intention to extend the Club World Cup in recent weeks.
Leaders of the Premier League and La Liga have vowed to forego the competition and charged FIFA with "killing the game" by scheduling extra games on an already full football schedule.
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Maheta Molango, the PFA's boss, even hinted that if FIFA doesn't back down from their ambitions to expand the Club World Cup, legal action may be taken against them.
Ferran Soriano, the CEO of Manchester City, also feels that the switch to a 32-team format is part of a "crisis" in terms of match scheduling, suggesting that the Premier League winners may also think twice about playing.
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