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Fifa’s chief of global football development Arsene Wenger yesterday defended the new Club World Cup format for 2025, which has come in for criticism since its announcement.
The world football governing body announced last Sunday the 2025 edition of its show-piece club event, which will take place over June and July and feature 32 teams from across its six confederations.
Wenger responded in a Fifa press release: “I accept that the football calendar is a busy one, but this is a competition that is going to take place every four years and of course the rest period during the competition and afterwards has to be respected.
“The welfare of the players in the last 20 years has increased dramatically as well, when you look at injury prevention, recovery work, nutrition and advances in medical technology. It is unrecognisable from what it used to be.” — SuperSport.
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