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That is perhaps not the biggest vote of confidence for the new tournament…and that is a good thing
Uli Hoeneß enjoys taking his own stance on just about every topic in the world. Fresh off of promising that Bayern Munich would win the title in November, he then turned his attention to the Club World Cup. Whereas multiple Bayern executives have met the new FIFA Club World Cup format with excitement, the supervisory board member’s response was rather…less enthusiastic:
“We have to take part in the Club World Cup because we as Bayern Munich cannot afford to do otherwise. Things are even worse in England. They have even more competitions. It’s crazy. All just to put even more money into the agents and the players. This cannot continue.”
‘We take part in it because we have to’ is not exactly a statement dripping with support, but it is unsurprising. Hoeness was just complaining about the load put on players, so seeing a new version of a tournament created that will put more stress on the players during the summer, which should be their rest time, would not be something he agrees with.
However, the new Club World Cup is rumored to be very lucrative for all clubs taking part, with some sources reporting earnings of €50 to 100 million or every participating club, depending on the progress in the tournament, a ridiculous amount for a tournament that lasts around a month-though the tournament may not be able to truly deliver this sort of prize money in its’ current disorganized state. If Bayern wishes to remain financially competitive with the best teams in the world, the team may be forced to participate…for the money, if not the actual tournament itself.
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