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Championship clubs will benefit strongly from World Cup expansion – no reward to Premier League clubs

Millwall - Shane Ferguson

Getty Images | Shane Ferguson of Millwall is one of the players who could have been at the World Cup 2018 if it was 48 team tournament as in Qatar 2022.

Offthepitch.com research shows that English clubs might claim just 12 per cent of additional club payments for expanded World Cup.

Clubs from Eastern Europe and Asia more likely to benefit from expansion.

26 March 2019 - 10:02 AM

By James Corbett, Senior Correspondent

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