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Nasser Al-Khelaifi has defended the expanded 2025 FIFA Membership World Cup amid fierce criticism from nationwide leagues and participant unions. 

The Membership World Cup has come below growing scrutiny with FIFA over the scheduling of their reformatted competitors. There are considerations that the worldwide calendar has turn out to be “oversaturated” and will straight harm participant welfare and the sustainability of nationwide competitions. 

Manchester Metropolis’s Rodri (28) has beforehand raised considerations over the more and more packed schedule, “We have now too many video games, and it’s placing our careers and well being in danger.” Whereas his teammate, Kevin De Bruyne (33) said “The difficulty is that Uefa and Fifa preserve including additional matches, and we are able to increase considerations however no options have been discovered. It appears that evidently cash speaks louder than the gamers’ voices.”

The Premier League chief government Richard Masters has additionally beforehand criticised the expanded competitors referring to it as a “tipping level” and highlighted the shortage of session with nationwide leagues. 

Al-Khelaifi defends Membership World Cup

Nevertheless, Al-Khelaifi talking to reporters at has supplied another viewpoint. The Paris Saint-Germain president means that will probably be as much as coaches to raised handle their squads. “Our coach [Luis Enrique] spoke about it and he isn’t nervous… There are accidents, there are dangers, however the coaches should additionally have a look at methods to rotate the squads.” 

The president additionally responded extra on to the Premier League criticism by highlighting that France (like Germany earlier than it) has lowered its calendar. “In France, now we have 18 groups in Ligue 1 and a Coupe de France.” In England, the Premier League stays at 20 groups and the squads should additionally compete within the League Cup and FA Cup. 

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