La Liga slams FIFA for lack of respect for leagues
FIFA announced that they will not only increase the number of the World Cup competitor teams to 48, but they also will hold a 32-team Club World Cup from 2025. La Liga accuses the governing body of football of malpractice.
The 2026 World Cup which will be held in the United States, Mexico, and Canada sees the number of competing teams increase from 32 to 48. In addition, FIFA also enlarged Club World Cup to 32 teams which will be played every four years from June 2025.
Criticising FIFA's decision, La Liga stated:
"FIFA continues its malpractice of making unilateral decisions on the world football calendar, showing complete disregard for the importance of national championships and the football community in general.
"FIFA completely neglects the economic damage these decisions inflict on leagues around the world. Leagues were not consulted about any of the changes presented today, especially about the new annual club competition.
"These decisions do not take into account the competitive, sporting and economic impact on national leagues, clubs and players by further cramming an already overloaded schedule. FIFA only takes into account a small group of clubs and players."
La Liga added the World Leagues Forum will "analyze FIFA's decisions and decide on the most appropriate next steps". WLF is an organization representing professional association football leagues.
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