La Liga boss Javier Tebas has told FIFA president Gianni Infantino to “scrap” next summer’s Club World Cup, claiming the expanded tournament is not wanted by broadcasters, clubs, players or sponsors.
The final speaker at the European Professional Football Forum in Brussels on Tuesday, Tebas was in typically combative form as he criticised FIFA’s decision-making, claimed the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) “is dead” and attacked the European Club Association (ECA) for only representing the interests of the game’s richest clubs.
But it was the 61-year-old’s comments about...