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Héctor Ríos Morales

Pro players group wants the 2025 Club World Cup in U.S. to be rescheduled, but FIFA pushes back

After being reelected as FIFA president in 2023, Gianni Infantino promised record revenues in the next four-year cycle of $11 billion as he called for more soccer to be played around the world (Credit: Jean Bizimana/File Photo/Via Reuters)

SEATTLE - With the Summer of 2025 lurking closer and closer, time is running out for governing bodies to come to an agreement about how the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup is going to take place. The feud between FIFA, FIFPro and the World Leagues Association, bodies in charge of representing players and leagues, continued this week with both sides being less amicable than ever before.

First reported by The Times, both FIFPro and the WLA wrote a joint letter to soccer's governing body expressing their concerns over FIFA's wishes of expanding the international match calendar, arguing that FIFA and its leaders do not care about player welfare and the organization of domestic leagues.

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