It is said that the world leader Infantino were the plans, drafted through the president of Real Madrid, Florentino Pérez, and subsidized through Liverpool and Manchester United.
FIFA would have been subsidized through a 4. 6 billion pound concept for an elite of 18 closed clubs, adding five Prem giants, from the start of the 2022-2023 season.
But Infantino defected from plans, insisting that his sole purpose was to organize the revised and expanded Club World Cup in China in 2022.
Infantino said: “As president of FIFA, I am interested in the Club World Cup, the Super League.
“I’m interested in Bayern opposing Liverpool, but Bayern oppose Boca Juniors in Buenos Aires.
“Liverpool has 180 million enthusiasts worldwide. I’m flaming about a million. Flamengo has 39 of its millions of enthusiasts in Brazil.
“But Liverpool, however, has only five million enthusiasts in England, the remaining 175 million in the world.
“I need non-European clubs to have a global appeal in the future. My vision is this: they deserve 50 clubs and 50 national groups that can be world champions. “
The European Premier League proposal would have robbed UEFA of its greatest champions’ assets, which would have given European football a devastating monetary blow.
But fifa president insisted: “The Club World Cup competes with the Champions League.
“It’s another product.
“FIFA’s project is to advertise and expand football worldwide and only in Europe.
“The differences between Europe and the rest of the world have widened and will continue to grow if we do nothing.
“That’s why we need to help clubs outside Europe get back to normal.
And after the coronavirus, those projects are more suitable than ever.
“Now we see with this virus that we want to paint in combination all over the world. That’s exactly what FIFA is doing. “
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