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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Paul MacInnes

Premier League chief unhappy at Club World Cup and reiterates City timeframe

Manchester City celebrate winning the Club World Cup in 2023
Manchester City are the Club World Cup holders and Richard Masters said 115 charges against the club would be resolved ‘in the near future’. Photograph: Etsuo Hara/Getty Images

Richard Masters has criticised Fifa for failing to consult domestic leagues over its plans for an expanded Club World Cup, whose inaugural edition in the United States is set to occupy a month of the 2025 summer break.

As the chief executive of the Premier League reiterated that Manchester City’s 115 charges will be resolved in “the near future”, with hearings set to take place in the autumn, league officials from across Europe came together to issue a warning over an ever-expanding club calendar, with Fifa’s new competition the main target.

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