Real Madrid boss Carlo Ancelotti has branded AC Milan as ‘special’ because of the role they played in his career, while he also announced that his current club are planning to boycott the Club World Cup.
Ancelotti’s name will forever remain synonymous with Milan, given that he won seven major trophies during his playing career with the Rossoneri and then won eight as a manager, including the Scudetto and two Champions League titles.
The Italian gave an interview to Il Giornale in which he spoke about the two clubs he is most attached to, namely Milan and Real, with his comments relayed by MilanNews.
“Madrid is special. Milan is in my heart, I played, I was a coach, it is a big part of my professional life . Real is Real, what better could there be? Here we have it’s respect for history, all the players of the past are present in the photographs at the training centre.”
During the interview, Ancelotti then announced that Los Blancos will not participate in the next FIFA Club World Cup which is set for a big relaunch in 2025.
“Players and clubs won’t participate in that tournament. One single Real Madrid game is worth €20m, and FIFA want to give us that amount for the entire competition. Negative. Just like us, other clubs will refuse the invitation.”
The new-look FIFA Club World Cup is aimed at replicating the success of federation-based competitions like the Champions League and the Copa Libertadores, expanding from seven teams to 32.
The breakdown is as follows: there will be 12 teams from UEFA, six from CONMEBOL, four each from CONCACAF, CAF and the AFC, one from Oceania’s OFC and one from the host country, the United States.
To much work load for this players don’t understand this rules anymore
Well they get too much money as well. Most people don’t have the whole summer off as well. For what they are paid they might as well work all year long same as the rest.
Can’t compare professional athletes with 40h a week work people.
This.
They still get enough money from existing competition they following without more risks of being injured with this new addition. And don’t you think that players won’t renegotiate their contracts if they given more responsibilities which would put the club with more costs?
Fifa looks more and more corrupt this days.
More injuries to the players, more nightmares for the clubs, more money for FIFA.
Hey FIFA,
Stop the greed. Players aren’t robots. The workload is too much.