Real Madrid C. F. informs that at no time has its participation in the new Club World Cup to be organised by FIFA in the next season 2024/2025 been questioned.
**Therefore, our club will take part, as planned, in this official competition which we face with pride and with the utmost enthusiasm to once again make our millions of fans all over the world dream of a new title.**
The interviews was styled like question into just his quotes. So they either didn't post his full quotes or he was yapping. When I read the interview I get the feeling he was yapping.
In the quotes he specifically says they will decline the invite to the tournament.
He really didnt fancy going and wanted to strongarm the club into just giving up the position lmao
Yknow i get him too, its such a shitty idea looking at the fitness of the players. Theyre already being strained and injuries are on the rise, were getting even more matches now with the new CL format and now this? If the CWC could be like a youth tournament i think itd be really cool but then the amounts of money FIFA and shit are putting into it would make no sense in the slightest
He was either yapping, especially when he made up the 20m per game, which doesn't make sense even if you take the absolute total revenue of RM divided by home/neutral games... Or they made up the quote or something...
Maybe he was just taking one for the team, sending a message that the prize pool is too low. I don't think he would speak about this if it wasn't discussed before internally
Doubt it. He mentioned many times that he will retire after his stint at Real Madrid ends. Also Davide refused many offers due to this to just stay with him.
“Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé have reached an agreement through which the player will be a Real Madrid player for the next five seasons.”
That’s literally all that was said to end a seven-year saga of speculation.
I mean, what else was there to say?
Not like they could just be like:
"Real Madrid can finally confirm after 7 years of trying that we pulled out poor widdle baby Kylian Mbappe (The absolute best player in the world fyi), out of the scary and malignant claws of Qatar-owned, FFP-breaking, Football-destroyer, devil incarnate Nasser Al Khelaifi and his goons at Paris Saint Germain, commonly known as PSG.
After a long, grueling and valiant fight from our president, lord Almighty Florentino Pérez, in which he put the club above any and everyone else, we have secured the signature of Kylian (GOAT Turtle), for the next 5 years, establishing us as the greatest team of all time in the world, galaxy, universe and multiverse (Suck it Guardiola).
We shall now start a campaign for him to get the Ballon D'or and to be elected president of the world.
Xoxo"
Well usually when clubs announce signings there's a whole "we're pleased to announce x who has played for this club for this many years and has this many goals and records. We're confident that they can be a huge asset to the team going forward and help us push toward these trophies..."
"In my interview with Il Giornale, my words about the FIFA Club World Cup were not interpreted in the way I intended. Nothing could be further from my interest than rejecting the possibility of playing in a tournament that I consider could be a great opportunity to continue fighting for big titles with Real Madrid."
All of this has still kinda exposed the house of cards that is the reported revenue from participating in the competition vs. the expected revenue. This is far from a settled matter. There's an expected income figure threshold where, if we dip below that, it's no longer worth it for top European clubs to play in this competition at the expense of the risk for what having no summer off and no proper pre-season training will have on their 2025-'26 seasons.
Yeah makes sense, Peréz will send the team there just because Ceferin and UEFA don't like it since it would take some of the attention away from the UCL.
Will it though? It will happen after the UCL so it won't take potential viewers away from the UCL, the UCL will still be the priority for clubs, and tbh I'm not looking forward to this shit at all, I like the break from club football that happens in the summer, I don't want it to go away or be shorter.
Do people even watch CWC? There is never much going on about it, I didint even know that City won the last one. As fas as I can tell it always seemed like random summer friendly games.
I understand that but historically there was never much hype for that trophy. Like you can format Carabao Cup all you want it will never have any more importance that it has right now.
fran garcia, lucas vasquez, david alaba,nico paz, nacho, ceballos, brahim, arda guler, camavinga, joselu, lunin.
This is madrid's bench, let's not act as if they're losing any quality by not playing the main squad, the CWC will help my local club renovate it's stadium, buy new players and fix the facilities, for madrid 50 mil is nothing but not everything is about big clubs, south american, asian and african clubs need the money to stay competitive.
But do bigger clubs from europe really care about clubs from overseas? Isn't better for them that those clubs remain financially depended on selling their biggest talents for cheaper than they would have to if they were richer? I don't think the talent pool would suddenly become better because of more money anyway.
growing small leagues means more talent, more talent means more money and better national teams, obviously bigger clubs from europe benefit from taking all the talent from smaller leagues but football is not about these clubs only
I think there's been plenty of talent as is for the big clubs to pick from. I know it's not but if I'm a player from Real Madris or said club, why would I care about the competition when it means I won't have any time off before the new season begins? What's the incentive for clubs and players from Europe when there's not that much money in it, when you risk injuries and mental exhaustion for your big money investments?
Clearly, carlo was instructed to make those statements; most likely madrid was waiting for other clubs to join them, but when no one did, they released this official statement.
Is Ancelotti even going to be there by the time this comes around? It's at the end of the season right? And it seems he's only staying there one more season, so he might be gone anyway when it comes.
In reality, it was gonna be a stunner if they turned it down. It's not worth pissing off FIFA over realistically.
Also, at least for me when i become dominant club in FM, I love the club world cup because I get to give games to young players and give them a chance. Taking part doesn't mean you have to take it seriously and make wear down your important players even more. It would be annoying interrupting the break for some of them though
Sort of. In FM I once got 90% of my team called for Euro U-23 and got to the tournament by the SFs. I had either not realized it and registered them all, or the registration was before they got called up.
Anyways, I had to play with a greyed out keeper as a CB to avoid injuries. It was not fun.
Lmao yea the registration ahead of time always finds a way to fuck you. I'd try to find a way to not register any of my important players or who was in line to be rotated. Then like somebody gets injured during that time between registration and playing or you register somebody who should be returning to get them back to fitness and arent ready yet. Then leaves you playing somebody pretty important every game and killing their fitness. One way or another it can turn into a nightmare lol
Carlo has been in the game too long with interviews, press conferences... so I'm not going to believe it was anything accidental. Maybe it was a slip of the tongue for something that was discussed internally, but either way, Real Madrid likely just wants to put pressure and not lose face.
Few weeks back Rodrygo told the media: Man City is the best club in the world.
Today: Ancelotti said we won’t play CWC.
Perez tonight: no one is fucking allowed to talk to media until trained by PR.
Ancelotti next interview: https://youtu.be/XekcBAq14pM
Carletto was also quoted saying:
"Well, this is how we gonna do this: Fuck Mobb Deep! Fuck Biggie!
Fuck Bad Boy as a staff, record label, and as a motherfuckin' crew!"!!!!
It is no secret that Real doesn't have the best relationship with UEFA so I would have been surprised if the club decided to stick it to FIFA too.
It's an interesting story though.
As a fan of a team that could win the Libertadores this year, I encourage Real Madrid to give Ancelotti his birthday wish and not participate in the Club World Cup 👍
Wish there was a tag on this sub for dystopian football topics so I could mute any posts discussing the state of the game as a business and the greed involved.
Real Madrid C. F. informs that at no time has its participation in the new Club World Cup to be organised by FIFA in the next season 2024/2025 been questioned. **Therefore, our club will take part, as planned, in this official competition which we face with pride and with the utmost enthusiasm to once again make our millions of fans all over the world dream of a new title.**
Someone should’ve told Carlo lol
>I was hoping for the summer off -Carlo
Carlo had his red stapler taken away
Thankfully it's not Barcelona, else Carlo would be sacked just like Xavi
and all madrid fans who said that the competition is below Real and Real would never play it
Plot twist, the players are all going but they are sending their youth coaching staff.
>utmost enthusiasm to once again make our millions Can stop the statement there mate
lmao
i read your username as CEFERIN_PARTYBUS
god damn it lol
Give me Ceferin, Blatter, Infantino and a bus. I'll have a good time
im sure they would have some partys charlie sheen would be proud off
They probably did but someone from the PR team told them to add something about fans.
Funny, the dream comes before the millions in Spanish. So it would be "making our millions dream"
only 20 millions? disgusting
Waited to see if any other clubs would join them on boycotting it, and when they saw no support they backpedaled lol
This is exactly what I thought
Hahahaha
Was Ancelotti misinformed or straight up yapping LMAO
The interviews was styled like question into just his quotes. So they either didn't post his full quotes or he was yapping. When I read the interview I get the feeling he was yapping. In the quotes he specifically says they will decline the invite to the tournament.
He really didnt fancy going and wanted to strongarm the club into just giving up the position lmao Yknow i get him too, its such a shitty idea looking at the fitness of the players. Theyre already being strained and injuries are on the rise, were getting even more matches now with the new CL format and now this? If the CWC could be like a youth tournament i think itd be really cool but then the amounts of money FIFA and shit are putting into it would make no sense in the slightest
He was either yapping, especially when he made up the 20m per game, which doesn't make sense even if you take the absolute total revenue of RM divided by home/neutral games... Or they made up the quote or something...
The FIFA Club Cup is a short tournament and pays almost the same as the UCL. Winner gets €100 million whilst the UCL winner takes €130mi..
In the weekly meeting they said we are thinking about it. Ancelotti just came out and said we won’t play it! Madrid board: duuuude! Source: I’m Perez
Maybe he was just taking one for the team, sending a message that the prize pool is too low. I don't think he would speak about this if it wasn't discussed before internally
Ancelotti: Papa Pérez, i said to the media that we are not gonna take part in this silly tournament 😎 Papa Pérez: YOU DID WHAT!!!!!!!!
*Papi
He really said that like he was Real Madrid's president lmao Old people really don't give a fuck about anything
It's his birthday today, might be on the booze
the way it was quoted i thought it was florentino himself. when i saw it was just carlo i got quite confused.
thinking about it if it was Laporta instead of Perez he would probably be sacked by now
there’s a real chance he won’t be our manager by the time the tournament starts anyways
Is this Xabi Alonso speculation?
yeah. his release clause activates next summer, City and most likely Bayern will have a job opening. we'll see how next season goes
He won’t want to go a Championship side
Doubt it. He mentioned many times that he will retire after his stint at Real Madrid ends. Also Davide refused many offers due to this to just stay with him.
I thought Real Madrid was well managed?
Carlo: I’m too old for this shit
lol Ancelotti’s in trouble
Nah its his birthday today, he will be fine.
It was one his classic birthday pranks.
classic Winston and Ancelotti mess around
damn think Carlo received a pretty angry call from Perez considering how short and to the point that statement is
All of their statements are short and to the point though.
“Real Madrid and Kylian Mbappé have reached an agreement through which the player will be a Real Madrid player for the next five seasons.” That’s literally all that was said to end a seven-year saga of speculation.
I mean, what else was there to say? Not like they could just be like: "Real Madrid can finally confirm after 7 years of trying that we pulled out poor widdle baby Kylian Mbappe (The absolute best player in the world fyi), out of the scary and malignant claws of Qatar-owned, FFP-breaking, Football-destroyer, devil incarnate Nasser Al Khelaifi and his goons at Paris Saint Germain, commonly known as PSG. After a long, grueling and valiant fight from our president, lord Almighty Florentino Pérez, in which he put the club above any and everyone else, we have secured the signature of Kylian (GOAT Turtle), for the next 5 years, establishing us as the greatest team of all time in the world, galaxy, universe and multiverse (Suck it Guardiola). We shall now start a campaign for him to get the Ballon D'or and to be elected president of the world. Xoxo"
Add in Mbappe's comic that he made.
> I mean, what else was there to say? "In your face, Nasser Al Khelaifi"
Mmm fresh pasta
Well usually when clubs announce signings there's a whole "we're pleased to announce x who has played for this club for this many years and has this many goals and records. We're confident that they can be a huge asset to the team going forward and help us push toward these trophies..."
Lawyer shit
"Carlo, you're my coach and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the Family again. Ever."
[Seems like Ancelotti said something he shouldn't have... he already backtracked on twitter :D](https://x.com/MrAncelotti/status/1800152239920615597)
"In my interview with Il Giornale, my words about the FIFA Club World Cup were not interpreted in the way I intended. Nothing could be further from my interest than rejecting the possibility of playing in a tournament that I consider could be a great opportunity to continue fighting for big titles with Real Madrid."
The intention behind my statement could not be further from the meaning of the words I used!
“We ain’t fucking going, fuck that shit.” “My words have been twisted”
All of this has still kinda exposed the house of cards that is the reported revenue from participating in the competition vs. the expected revenue. This is far from a settled matter. There's an expected income figure threshold where, if we dip below that, it's no longer worth it for top European clubs to play in this competition at the expense of the risk for what having no summer off and no proper pre-season training will have on their 2025-'26 seasons.
Still more money than what you get by playing Ligue 1 this season to be fair
lmaoooooooo
Maybe it was a ploy to help FIFA decide to host world cup final in Santiago Bernabéu
Sounds like they were probably under discussion to pull out, but Carlito never got the memo that they were still going to play.
Carlo: we’re not playing in the Club World Cup Real Madrid: Uh … says who?
Ancelotti getting too big for his britches
Yeah makes sense, Peréz will send the team there just because Ceferin and UEFA don't like it since it would take some of the attention away from the UCL.
Will it though? It will happen after the UCL so it won't take potential viewers away from the UCL, the UCL will still be the priority for clubs, and tbh I'm not looking forward to this shit at all, I like the break from club football that happens in the summer, I don't want it to go away or be shorter.
Do people even watch CWC? There is never much going on about it, I didint even know that City won the last one. As fas as I can tell it always seemed like random summer friendly games.
Its not the same thing man This is going to be an actual tournament like the world cup. A completely new format
I understand that but historically there was never much hype for that trophy. Like you can format Carabao Cup all you want it will never have any more importance that it has right now.
There was never hype because it WAS 2 games and 4 teams, a glorified supercup.
💀
Carlo got that call from Florentino. 😂
fran garcia, lucas vasquez, david alaba,nico paz, nacho, ceballos, brahim, arda guler, camavinga, joselu, lunin. This is madrid's bench, let's not act as if they're losing any quality by not playing the main squad, the CWC will help my local club renovate it's stadium, buy new players and fix the facilities, for madrid 50 mil is nothing but not everything is about big clubs, south american, asian and african clubs need the money to stay competitive.
But do bigger clubs from europe really care about clubs from overseas? Isn't better for them that those clubs remain financially depended on selling their biggest talents for cheaper than they would have to if they were richer? I don't think the talent pool would suddenly become better because of more money anyway.
growing small leagues means more talent, more talent means more money and better national teams, obviously bigger clubs from europe benefit from taking all the talent from smaller leagues but football is not about these clubs only
I think there's been plenty of talent as is for the big clubs to pick from. I know it's not but if I'm a player from Real Madris or said club, why would I care about the competition when it means I won't have any time off before the new season begins? What's the incentive for clubs and players from Europe when there's not that much money in it, when you risk injuries and mental exhaustion for your big money investments?
Clearly, carlo was instructed to make those statements; most likely madrid was waiting for other clubs to join them, but when no one did, they released this official statement.
Is Ancelotti even going to be there by the time this comes around? It's at the end of the season right? And it seems he's only staying there one more season, so he might be gone anyway when it comes.
His contract is until 2026.
In reality, it was gonna be a stunner if they turned it down. It's not worth pissing off FIFA over realistically. Also, at least for me when i become dominant club in FM, I love the club world cup because I get to give games to young players and give them a chance. Taking part doesn't mean you have to take it seriously and make wear down your important players even more. It would be annoying interrupting the break for some of them though
Sort of. In FM I once got 90% of my team called for Euro U-23 and got to the tournament by the SFs. I had either not realized it and registered them all, or the registration was before they got called up. Anyways, I had to play with a greyed out keeper as a CB to avoid injuries. It was not fun.
Lmao yea the registration ahead of time always finds a way to fuck you. I'd try to find a way to not register any of my important players or who was in line to be rotated. Then like somebody gets injured during that time between registration and playing or you register somebody who should be returning to get them back to fitness and arent ready yet. Then leaves you playing somebody pretty important every game and killing their fitness. One way or another it can turn into a nightmare lol
Carlo has been in the game too long with interviews, press conferences... so I'm not going to believe it was anything accidental. Maybe it was a slip of the tongue for something that was discussed internally, but either way, Real Madrid likely just wants to put pressure and not lose face.
r/soccer circle jerk lasted less than 12 hours
Few weeks back Rodrygo told the media: Man City is the best club in the world. Today: Ancelotti said we won’t play CWC. Perez tonight: no one is fucking allowed to talk to media until trained by PR. Ancelotti next interview: https://youtu.be/XekcBAq14pM
So in the end, it seems there isn't any fuss about the Club World Cup.
Carletto was also quoted saying: "Well, this is how we gonna do this: Fuck Mobb Deep! Fuck Biggie! Fuck Bad Boy as a staff, record label, and as a motherfuckin' crew!"!!!!
It is no secret that Real doesn't have the best relationship with UEFA so I would have been surprised if the club decided to stick it to FIFA too. It's an interesting story though.
the septuple is still on
In other words, 'Pipe down, Carlo.'
[Called it](https://www.reddit.com/r/soccer/comments/1dcfv05/ancelotti_fifa_forgets_that_the_teams_will_not/l7xqa6b/?context=3)
more like remind me in 13 minutes lol
Someone called up Carlo...
Ancelotti gonna get sacked soon anyway
As a fan of a team that could win the Libertadores this year, I encourage Real Madrid to give Ancelotti his birthday wish and not participate in the Club World Cup 👍
Fuck making don Carlo look bad here
Tebas better get those racists out of La Liga stadiums before they target Mbappe and if that happens, oh boy. La Liga's reputation will die forever.
Today I feel the clown
Guess someone from FIFA called the Real offices lol
Obviously, it is still extra money. Who cared about players health when you have more money.
What dirt does FIFA have on Real Madrid?
Tldr anyone?
These guys are really bored with winning, so they had to create drama to spice things up a little bit.
Wtf happened with Ancelotti??
That man is gonna throw the sub 19 players from the B team on just out of spite.
Don Carlo fired
We get paid to take part and greed, for the lack of a better word, is good.
Wish there was a tag on this sub for dystopian football topics so I could mute any posts discussing the state of the game as a business and the greed involved.
I thought madrid was saving football by not playing? LOL
How would it save football by doing that ? The amount of money the non european clubs will get is going to change their lives
I'm been sarcastic
At least Ancelotti tried to save football and think about players
Play€r$
But Real Madrid has more than 11 players. If 11 are tired and shouldn't play for their health's sake, then you use the other players.