Anyone know the info behind this one? The new club World Cup format kicks in in 2021. A 24 team format including group stages and knockout football:
There is confusion over the FIFA Club World Cup in 2019/20 ahead of the Champions League final
www.football.london
It states:
According to a report in The Times last year - before Liverpool even played Real in the Champions League final - the Reds were among the first invitees, along with Man United, Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan, Bayern Munich, Ajax, Juventus and Inter Milan.
Although reports later stated that the European clubs invited would be the Champions League winners, Champions League runners-up and Europa League winners from the four seasons up to and including the year of the event.
Obviously it's still up in the air but if the last paragraph has legs our status as finalist this year means we get to take part in the newly formatted Club World Cup.
Does anyone have any solid info on this one? If it's true it's yet another reason to be positive about what went down on Saturday. All pie in the sky unless someone can confirm of course.
Edit: Reuters seems to think this is the case, as can be seen below:
FIFA has proposed that a revamped and enlarged version of the Club World Cup, planned to start in 2021, would include all European champions, runners-up and Europa League winners from the four seasons up to and including the year of the event.
www.reuters.com