Paid by FIFA, Arsène Wenger tried to magnify the Club World Cup, in opposition to criticism without a wooden language formulated by Jürgen Klopp.
If he was still on a bench, Arsène Wenger would undoubtedly be another speech. Today, the former French coach notably of Arsenal is dithyrambic about the club World Cup at 32 teams.
“It's a fantastic competition, judge the development manager at FIFA in an interview with the BBC.
JThe feeling that it was necessary. »» For someone used and paid by the International Federation, we expected no less.
The 75 -year -old Alsatian was not going to abound in the direction of German Jürgen Klopp. The ex-manager of Liverpool, until 2024, recently
firmly criticized the club World Cup
« The worst idea never designed in football. »
To the FIFA botte
Jürgen Klopp pointed to competition as an additional and aggravating element of the international football calendar. Any sensor sensible cannot accept an increase in meetings as an obvious risk of fatigue and injuries for his players.
For the past ten years, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, to name a few, have been asking football bodies to stop the massacre, followed by a vast majority of players.
Arsène Wenger is perfectly aware of this but he plays the commercial director of FIFA, wedged by his employer's desire to increase financial revenue by TV rights.
