Real Madrid confirmed their participation in next season’s Club World Cup on Monday, after coach Carlo Ancelotti told the press that his team would not take part.
“Real Madrid CF communicates that at no time has its participation in the new Club World Cup, which will be organized by FIFA during the next 2024/2025 season, been called into question,” indicated the champion of Europe in a press release.
“ Therefore, our club will play, as planned, in this official competition that we face with pride and with the greatest enthusiasm to make our millions of fans around the world dream again with a new title.“added the Spanish club.
This confirmation from the Merengue club comes a few hours after the Italian Ancelotti indicated in an interview that his team would not participate in the new Club World Cup, emphasizing that like the Whites, several other clubs would refuse to take part in it.
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“ FIFA can forget it, players and clubs will not participate in this tournament. A single Real Madrid match is worth 20 million and FIFA wants to give us this amount for the entire cup. Negative. Like us, other clubs will refuse the invitation“, he said in an interview with “ Il Giornale » about the tournament.
Words that, simultaneously with the Real Madrid press release, Ancelotti wanted to explain on his social networks.
“ My comments on the FIFA Club World Cup were not interpreted as I intended. Nothing can be further from my interest than to reject the possibility of playing in a tournament that, I believe, could be a great opportunity to continue fighting for great titles with Real Madrid“, he posted on his official X account.
The new Club World Cup, scheduled for June 15 to July 13, 2025, will be contested by 32 teams from the six confederations.
With MAP
