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James Cormack

Why Are There So Many Empty Seats at the Club World Cup?

There’s been a mixed response to the revamped Club World Cup so far. | IMAGO

Gianni Infantino may well have been too busy handing iShowSpeed the keys to the footballing world to realise, but the swathe of empty seats which littered Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Monday was not a good look for his brainchild.

Infantino’s revamped FIFA Club World Cup has been condemned by cynics to be nothing more than a mere money grab, although some have welcomed the idea as a chance for the rest of the world to showcase their stuff against omnipotent European juggernauts.

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