Con una nota ufficiale, il Real Madrid ha smentito le indiscrezioni e confermato la sua partecipazione al prossimo Club World Cup, dopo che le dichiarazioni del suo allenatore, Carlo Ancelotti, rilasciate a ‘Il Giornale’ avevano sollevato dubbi sulla presenza del club per motivi economici.
“Real Madrid announces that at no time has its participation in the new Club World Cup to be organised by FIFA in the next 2024/2025 season been put into question. – we read in the press release -. Il nostro club parteciperà come previsto a questa competizione ufficiale che affrontiamo con orgoglio e il massimo entusiasmo, sperando di regalare un nuovo titolo ai milioni di nostri fans in tutto il mondo.”
On his 65th birthday, Carlo Ancelotti gave an interview to Tony Damascelli of 'Il Giornale', in which he stated: “FIFA forgets about it, players and clubs will not participate in that tournament. A single Real Madrid match is worth 20 million and FIFA wants to give us that amount for the entire cup. Negative. Like us, other clubs will refuse the invitation.”
However, a few minutes after Real Madrid's statement was released, Ancelotti posted a clarification on his social media: “In the interview with Il Giornale my words about the FIFA Club World Cup were not interpreted as I wanted. Nothing is further from my interest than to refuse the possibility of playing in a tournament that I consider a great opportunity to continue fighting for great titles.”
Article published on 10 June 2024 - 16:31
