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FIFA's 'insane' format not the Ron for Saha
Scottish Sunday Express
|June 01, 2025
LOUIS SAHA has branded FIFA's new Club World Cup format as “insane”, “crazy” and “a circus”, while saying it is obvious clubs and football's governing body “simply don’t care” about players.
The expanded tournament, which starts on June 14 in the USA, will feature 32 teams playing in eight groups of four, with qualifiers going through to a round of 16 and a total of 63 matches.
It is a huge increase on the total of seven from the last version of the tournament, which took place in 2023.
Saha (below, bottom) missed out on Manchester United’s Club World Cup win in 2008, having moved to Everton following United’s Champions League victory the season before.
This story is from the June 01, 2025 edition of Scottish Sunday Express.
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