United States to host expanded 32-team Club World Cup in 2025
Not a fan of the change in format but still excited for top teams to be visiting the country.
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Interesting that it's in the summer. I suppose, depending on venues, they may not have wanted to do it in December/February, but it feels weird for it to be outside of the normal European season.
I quite like the change in format but as ever, far too many slots for European teams. 12 slots means at least 8 European teams (9 if Real or City win CL next season) won't have actually won anything but qualified anyway.
Can't imagine they let some scrubs like Bayern, Liverpool, PSG and Barcelona in. Should rather be 4 teams from Australia.
Maybe they'll let EL and ECL winners go lol
Better than going to Quatar/Saudi Arabia for sure, but this new format is nonsense.