Other - Rest of the World Club World Cup 2025
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The Voice Of Reason
Level: Jamie Brooks
(53 Apps, 13 Gls)
Nope. Too much football. Give them a test.. get to final and you have a month off before the season starts. Any team in it id want to play in first few games
DAZN are showing them for free. I guess you just need to sign up for an account.
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
Just you wait - come the middle of next prem season, Chelsea and Manchester City will start bleating on about how their players are exhausted, play too many games and need an extended rest!
As for the competition itself, I will probably end up watching some games just because I am interested to see how teams from Mexico, Tunisia and New Zealand will fare against the sides I am more familiar with. I suspect it will be a mismatch, but hope to be surprised.
As for the competition itself, I will probably end up watching some games just because I am interested to see how teams from Mexico, Tunisia and New Zealand will fare against the sides I am more familiar with. I suspect it will be a mismatch, but hope to be surprised.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
You'll probably get people calling for the League Cup to be scrapped again, that is always the first point of call when things get in the way of the big clubs making money.
BrockBuster
Level: Callum O'Dowda
(106 Apps, 14 Gls)
Feels like a glorified friendly tournament. Not for me Clive.
And the transfer window is closing for a week due to this?!
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Yep. It only opened this early to enable clubs to sign players for this competition.
Totally disinterested in this Fifa money making scheme. Just wait for the calls for less games for the big clubs next season due to player fatigue.
A money maker for FIFA.
Gianni Infantino’s latest route to more money for himself
I'll be avoiding it , it holds no interest for me, its in the same bracket as the Hundred in cricket, and any form of egg chasing for me
ZeroTheHero
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
I must admit, I hadn't put 2 and 2 together and was wondering about the stop-start transfer window!
I still can't actually work out why it opened early because of this (I can't believe that clubs would be signing players especially to play in it), mind you...
Apparently the reason for the week break in the transfer window (when the competition itself is 4 weeks long) is that the summer transfer window *has* to be 12 weeks. If it had been 13 weeks then obviously the skies would have fallen in and the antichrist would have taken charge of a major western nation...
- Year of First Game
- 1998
Would make more sense for the competition to only allow players registered prior to X date to play. Everyone else can then get on with their transfer business while this non-event takes place.I must admit, I hadn't put 2 and 2 together and was wondering about the stop-start transfer window!
I still can't actually work out why it opened early because of this (I can't believe that clubs would be signing players especially to play in it), mind you...
Apparently the reason for the week break in the transfer window (when the competition itself is 4 weeks long) is that the summer transfer window *has* to be 12 weeks. If it had been 13 weeks then obviously the skies would have fallen in and the antichrist would have taken charge of a major western nation...
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
A pointless competition only created to feed the greed of FIFA.
The U21 Euro's though, I will certainly be watching that. Those game are across C4's various channels.
The U21 Euro's though, I will certainly be watching that. Those game are across C4's various channels.
Whingit
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
When the winners of the tournament get $125m prize money on top of the ≈$25m European teams get just for showing up, you can understand why Real Madrid were willing to spaff €10m on getting Alexander-Arnold out of his contract a month early. Crazy stuff. FIFA are claiming they won't make a penny from the farce, instead "all revenues will be distributed to club football", whatever that means.
"all revenues will go in prize money to the "big" clubs taking part, or used as soft power payments to FAs around the world that keep the FIFA leadership in place"
Whingit
Level: Andy Crosby
(122 Apps, 13 Gls)
There's a separate pot of $250m, which yes will go to corrupt FAs in the developing world to definitely fund grassroots football and certainly not to fund Rolex purchases.
A tournament that no one asked for, was tricky to sell to the broadcasters and will only be watched by those who have a club side in it. FIFA's attempts to generate some funds outside of a WC year saw them come up with this.
If I was a player for one of the big European sides, I'd go on strike. I'd say 'I'm paid enough, I play enough games, my schedule is entirely dictated by League, Cup, UEFA-related and international games and you decide that my June and July in a non-tournament year now has to see me available to play? f**k that.'
Infantino is worse than Blatter and I never thought that was possible. I long for the days for some of the FAs to get some balls and just leave FIFA and start up their own governing body.
If I was a player for one of the big European sides, I'd go on strike. I'd say 'I'm paid enough, I play enough games, my schedule is entirely dictated by League, Cup, UEFA-related and international games and you decide that my June and July in a non-tournament year now has to see me available to play? f**k that.'
Infantino is worse than Blatter and I never thought that was possible. I long for the days for some of the FAs to get some balls and just leave FIFA and start up their own governing body.
If you can find a player who plays for one of the big club’s who will say he’s paid enough then fair play, their constant wage demands have led to this. We would all be like it but the huge money those at the top earn has led to this farce.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
No broadcaster wanted anything to do with it, then on 4th December it is revealed that DAZN (who are owned by the Saudi's) have paid 1 billion dollars to show it.
As by magic, on 12th December, FIFA announce Saudi as the hosts of the 2034 World Cup.
Nothing dodgy about any of it though.
OUFC OX3
Level: Jack Midson
(68 Apps, 15 Gls)
I did not know the Saudi's owned DAZN!
Wonder if our own Robyn Cowen will be covering the tournament? God, she was so well supported here with all that positive energy applied.
Apologies, been away for a while.
Another Load of b***X .. that's killing the game.£££££££ greeed .....
I don’t think they are I thought a company called Access Industries did, owned by Len Blavatnik.
Steve Gilbert
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
My mistake, they aren’t fully owned by the Saudi’s but the Saudi government do have a minority stake in the company.
In Feb Surj Sports (part of the Saudi PIF) has invested $1billion in DAZN in exchange for 5% of the company. This is a company that has lost $1billion a year since 2019 having revenues just over $1billion. It's definitely not a normal investment.
- Year of First Game
- 1980
That's the exact money that FIFA were wanting for the TV Rights! Luckily for FIFA the country that wanted to host the World Cup was on hand to invest that exact amount in a company wanting to show the tournament when FIFA were struggling to get TV deals done.
What an amazing coincidence.
