Club World Cup. Guardiola will not obey Fifa, which demands “the best players”

Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola has no intention of having his team compositions dictated to him by Fifa, which calls for “the best players” in the name of spectacle, during the Club World Cup. This new four-year competition will see the 32 best teams in the world compete from June 15 to July 13, 2025.

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We don’t demand anything from Pep Guardiola. The Manchester City coach clearly has no intention of having his team compositions dictated to him by Fifa, demanding “the best players” in the name of spectacle, during the Club World Cup, the final of which will take place in New York, at MetLife Stadium. This new four-year competition will see the 32 best teams in the world compete from June 15 to July 13, 2025.

“It’s me who will decide”

On this occasion, the international body planned to open a new transfer window just before this Club World Cup.

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“I don’t yet know what the competition itself will be like but we’re not going to go there with 11 players, we’re going to go there with the whole teamretorted the former FC Barcelona coach at a press conference this Friday, October 4. They’re not going to show up before matches saying which players are going to play. It’s me who will decide, that’s for sure. » It has the merit of being clear.