Ait-Nouri joins Man City as club splurge ahead of Club World Cup June 9, 2025 Man City’s rebuild is set to cost another £65m with Pep Guardiola’s side completing one of two hopeful new signings ahead of the Club World Cup. The Manchester club last week confirmed the signing of Dutch midfielder Tijjani Reijnders from AC Milan for £46.3m but on Monday landed Algeria international Rayan Ait-Nouri (£31m) from Wolves. [...]
Real Madrid pay £10m for Trent Alexander-Arnold ‘free transfer’ May 30, 2025 Real Madrid have given Liverpool £10m to get Trent Alexander-Arnold before the start of the Club World Cup. The England international will join the LaLiga club on 1 June on a six-year deal, when a miniature transfer window opens ahead of an expanded Club World Cup in the United States. It means that, despite leaving [...]
Chelsea get Club World Cup update after Club Leon ban upheld May 6, 2025 Chelsea are set to face either Los Angeles FC or Mexican side Club America at the Club World Cup this summer after Club Leon and Deportiva Alajuelense lost legal appeals for inclusion. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled that Fifa was right to exclude Club Leon on the basis that they share an ownership [...]
Channel 5 to show Club World Cup in UK after deal with Dazn April 23, 2025 Channel 5 will broadcast live more than a third of the matches including the final at this summer’s Club World Cup after striking a sublicensing deal with Dazn. The broadcaster, which is owned by US media giant Paramount, has agreed to take 23 of the 63 matches at the first 32-team edition of Fifa’s ambitious [...]
Leicester City stars face up to 50 per cent wage cuts after relegation April 23, 2025 Leicester City’s players are facing wage cuts of up to 50 per cent next season following their relegation from the Premier League. Leicester have acted to protect themselves when offering contracts to new players in recent years having also been relegated two seasons ago, with recent arrivals agreeing to pay cuts of between 35 and [...]
Manchester City and Chelsea can pick up £97m Club World Cup prize March 26, 2025 Manchester City or Chelsea will pick up £97m if they win the expanded Club World Cup this summer in the United States. Fifa confirmed that it would hand the winners $125m of the $1bn prize pot on Wednesday as part of a move to make the competition attractive to clubs. Around $500m of the prize [...]
Mexico’s Club Leon banned from Fifa Club World Cup in USA March 21, 2025 Mexico’s Club Leon have been kicked out of the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup over multi-club ownership rules. The 2023 CONCACAF Champions League winners Leon are owned by the same group – Grupo Pachuca – that owns fellow Mexican side Pachuca, who are also in this year’s Club World Cup. And due to rules banning [...]
Coca-Cola and Fifa resolve legal spat to continue Club World Cup deal February 21, 2025 Coca-Cola and football governing body Fifa appear to have resolved their legal spat after the soft drinks giant was confirmed as a sponsor for the Club World Cup. Alongside German sports apparel firm Adidas, Coca-Cola opened separate legal cases against Fifa surrounding the sponsorship rights of the Club World Cup. The pair were reportedly unhappy [...]
Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the US are the countries to watch in sport in 2025 January 1, 2025 Professor Simon Chadwick explains why Morocco, Saudi Arabia and the United States are his three countries to watch in sport in 2025. With the global sport industry apparently set to continue on its growth trajectory in 2025, albeit in the context of uncertain geopolitical times, many countries across the world will find themselves jockeying for [...]
Fifa president branded ‘a chancer’ over £1,750 Club World Cup tickets December 18, 2024 Fifa has been slammed by football fans after the first ticket prices for next year’s Club World Cup were published, with the cheapest seats available for the final costing £700 ($890). The prices, listed on Bayern Munich’s website, go up to £1,755 ($2,230) for lower-tier seats at the final, which will be played at the [...]