In the midst of the escalation of tension between the European Football Association (UEFA) and the International Football Association (FIFA), UEFA President Alexander Tiger decided to completely ignore the World Cup Championship in a club, which raised widespread issues in global football corridors.
Unlike the leaders of the rest of the continental federations who sought to attend the current matches of the championship, the figure was completely absent from the stage, although he also holds the position of Vice President of FIFA due to his presidency of UEFA.
Informed sources asked not to be identified, suggested that the reason for the absence is a growing concern among senior officials of the European Union from the expansion of the FIFA influence on the club level and a possible threat to the World Cup of the Champions League, as the most important global tournament for clubs.
During the press conference held on Saturday at Trump’s Tower on Manhattan, FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, rejected the possibility of expanding the tournament in order to include more European clubs in the future, and also dodged the answer when he was clearly asked if he wanted to organize a tournament every two years, and not four.
Infantino mentioned the names of specific clubs that he wants to see in the championship, such as: Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool, Tottenham Khotspur, Barcelona, Milan and Naples, not explaining how the qualification mechanism or continental actions will be changed to facilitate the participation of these teams.
Infantino confirmed that the tournament reached financial profit in the amount of $ 2.1 billion. The United States, from broadcasting, leaving, sales of tickets and other sources, saying: “On average 33 million dollars for each of 63 matches, there are no other club championships compared to this. This is really the most successful tournament in accordance with various criteria. ”
The FIFA report indicates that the world champion in the club in the club can receive up to $ 125 million, which is less than $ 154 million, which recently announced that he went to Real Madrid, after winning the Champions League in 2024, but FIFA believes that the World Cup is giving a higher financial interview for each match, given the champion that the champion is playing 7 matches in maximum maximum per month, while the Champions League in the full league.
But in a statement for the “sports” network during an event held in the Luxurious Paris Saint -Germain store on Vivat -Avenue Street, the club general Vikorino Meliro said that he believes that the tournament should remain every 4 years.
This week, the newspaper asked UEFA about the reason for the lack of number in matches of the Club World Cup; Moreover, 12 teams from the Old Continent participated in the championship, three of them – Real Madrid, Paris Saint -Herther and Chelsea – reached the semifinals.
“If you miss, every president of UNEFA is currently focused on the European Women’s Nations Championship, which is a major event that requires great adherence and attention.”
Nevertheless, the newspaper later learned that the figure was present at only one of the first 22 games at the European Championship, which took place in Switzerland, knowing that the club World Cup began on June 13, almost two weeks before the start of the women’s championship on July 2.
UEFA refused to comment on this information, knowing that the number did not attend the FIFA final in 2023, which gathered England in Spain.
It should be noted that Tsivrin – as the president of the Continental Union and the deputy in the FIFA Council – has the right to receive a clear annual salary from FIFA is 300 thousand dollars, but neither UEFA nor FIFA, not removed in May last year, when they asked whether she really received this amount.
What increases the strange situation is that the official report on UEFA on the “X” platform was not indicated from the club close or far from the Cup Cup, and there were no roles for participating European clubs or players, despite the great European presence, and two teams from Europe reached the final match. On the other hand, the Konmipol account was very active in achieving the achievements of players and clubs of South America.
This alienation occurred after exciting scenes in Paraguay in May, when UEFA members left the FIFA Council meeting during the Federation conference, in protest against Infantino’s arrival late for today’s events.
Eight members of the UEFA Council, in addition to a number of European delegates, left and did not return after the break, in protest against the conference postponed 3 hours after Infantino chose to attend meetings with US President Donald Trump in Qatar over the same week.
The dialectical amendment also included the appeal of the FIFA meeting from actual attendance in the Association on Tuesday, to a virtual meeting held on Friday. “UEFA” in his statement that “very unsuccessful changes in the schedule, which, according to the visible, is only to satisfy special political interests, put football interests in the back,” the UEFA statement said.
The statement adds: “We are all here to serve football, from the street to the platform, and the UEFA members in the FIFA Council felt the need to confirm that the game should appear in the first place, and they left, as it was planned.”
At the beginning of the conference, Infantino apologized for the delay, saying: “As the president (FIFA), my responsibility for making decisions in the interests of the organization. I decided to spend the last two days in the Middle East; Where the 2034 World Cup will be held in Saudi Arabia, the 2022 World Cup, in the World Cup, in the championship, in Canada, in Canada, in something in the championships in Canada, and in the state of Kanat, and in Canada, in Canada. Tournaments, and I had to be there.