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Aaron Stokes

Jamie Carragher calls for boycott as FIFA announce new tournament that could include Newcastle

Yet more top-level football could be arriving on our screens in the near future if Fifa president Gianni Infantino gets his way. The controversial chief of football's governing body has revealed a new 32-team Club World Cup has been agreed for the year 2025.

Little detail has been revealed as to which sides will qualify for the new-look tournament but there is hope inside the boardrooms of St James' Park that by the time 2025 rolls around, Newcastle United will have gone some way to upsetting the Premier League apple cart.

The Magpies are flying at present and are ahead of schedule in their pursuit of breaking up the normal 'Big Six' in England. As the north east outfit continue to grow, they will have more opportunity to be sucked into new and ever-changing Fifa and Uefa competitions.

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