Footballers’ union threatens Fifa with lawsuits if it does not reschedule the Club World Cup

The writing, signed by Stephane Burchkalter and Jerome Perlemuteras general secretaries of Fifpro and the Association of Leagues, respectively, adds that “these options include legal actions against Fifa”, on which they have already “commissioned the advice of external experts”.

The association points out that the Fifa I would not be thinking about the health of the athletes with the accumulation of games in a season with little rest time. The Club World Cup, which will be played next year in the United States, adds more matches to the exhausting calendar, with a month of competition in a format with a group stage and direct knockouts, in the best style of the last national team World Cups. with 32 teams.

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“Sports governing bodies, such as the Fifa“must adhere to transparent, objective, non-discriminatory and proportionate safeguards, given their inherent conflict of interest when acting as regulators and organizers of competitions,” he stresses.

The union and the leagues consider that “Fifa’s recent strategic focus on developing its own competitions, such as the World Cup, the Club World Cup wave Fiifa World Cup “is negatively disrupting the football industry, putting national leagues and clubs at risk.”

Therefore, they understand that “there is an urgent need to establish a structured process to address issues related to the calendar,” which includes reaching agreements with the national leagues that lay the foundations of the game around the world and with the players’ unions that represent those who participate in competitions.”

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The World Association of Leagues, of which it is a part The Spanish League, and Fifpro, “As global social partners, they emphasize that if Fifa had followed a transparent, objective and non-discriminatory process when making its calendar decisions, the current situation and subsequent requests would not have arisen.”

“If Fifa expands its own competitions, it will have to adapt accordingly. Imposing the burden of adaptation on national leagues and players is inherently abusive,” he adds, while indicating that a significant number of members of both parties ” continues to express deep concern about the impact of Fifa’s recent decisions and actions.”

The 2025 Club World Cup, with 32 teams, will be played from June 15 to July 13 in the United States and the Intercontinental Cup is scheduled for December 14 to 18 with six teams: the winner of the Uefa Champions League, which goes directly to the final, along with the Conmebol Copa Libertadores, and the champions of Concafaf, AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa) and OFC (Oceania).

The Fifa Council plans to meet before the 74th Congress of the organization, which will be held in Bangkok on the 17th.
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