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‘I think it’s useless’: Jurgen Klopp on Club World Cup | Football News

‘I think it’s useless’: Jurgen Klopp on Club World Cup | Football News

With the football calendar becoming congested than ever, Red Bull head of global football Jurgen Klopp slammed the Club World Cup, scheduled for summer 2025, saying it was asking too much for players who are already playing a lot of matches. “I think it’s useless. It doesn’t help if you have no summer break. Who wins the tournament is the poorest winner of all time because he has to play the whole summer through and then the league starts again. We have now a lot of injuries in European football. We have to reduce the amount of games. That means in some leagues it would be better (if) you have 18 instead of 20. That means in other competitions, you don’t add games,” the former Liverpool manager said. “In Germany, you could watch handball. In Austria, you could watch skiing or whatever. You have other wonderful sports that you could watch in that time. You don’t have to fill each gap with football,” Klopp added. Last year, Manchester City’s Rodri and Kevin de Bruyne had …