27 March 2023 - 2:55 PM
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ECA | European Club Association (ECA) president Nasser Al Khelaifi and FIFA president Gianni Infantino.
Clubs give green light to FIFA’s Club World Cup with commercial and financial bonanza looming
- After months of fighting, the European Club Association and FIFA cast aside differences to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding.
- New deal sees World Cup Club Compensation Programme payments increase by 70 per cent, agreements on the match calendar, the ECA support the Club World Cup and the two bodies collaborate on commercialising the new FIFA club tournament.
- Why it matters: Agreement between the ECA and the world governing body is central to FIFA’s ambitions to have a significant club competition. Previously the clubs and UEFA helped scupper such plans.
- The perspective: Increases in club compensation may only be in line with FIFA’s forecasted revenue increases and big clubs might end up taking less per tournament as the World Cup increases to 48 teams from 2026, diluting the amount paid per player.
Leading clubs have given their support to FIFA’s new Club World Cup with the world governing body also agreeing to increase their club compensation package by 70 per cent for each of the next two World Cups.
Clubs will receive payments of $355 million from FIFA to compensate for the use of the players at the World Cups in 2026 and 2030, up from the $209 million at the previous two tournaments.
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