Jamie Carragher has blasted the upcoming Club World Cup in the United States, suggesting ‘nobody wants to be there’, including the players, managers and even fans.

The new-look competition kicks off this summer, with 32 teams from across the world set to compete.

Manchester City and Chelsea are the only two English representatives, with the likes of Real Madrid, Borussia Dortmund, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan also involved in the tournament.



That’s what makes it the best sport in the world, but there’s something about the Club World Cup where I almost feel like it’s being put together by FIFA to almost - not so much compete with the Champions League - but there’s been no thought about the players or the clubs.”

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It’s an abandonment of the old format, which saw the continental cup winners from each of FIFA’s associations, alongside a selected host nation member, compete in a mini-tournament mid-season each year.

He added: “It’s a bit like FIFA think, ‘Well, we’ve only got the World Cup every four years and UEFA or Europe have this Champions League.

There’s this unbelievable money and financial aspect to it and they have it every year but we’ve got to wait every four years for the World Cup.’ They’ve just tried to create something and I don’t think there’s any appetite really from players, clubs and even supporters.

“I am a massive football fan.

Now I might be wrong and in 20 years time this may become that.

“But right now, I don’t think the players and the managers actually want to be there.
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