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Fifa boss under attack over Club World Cup

Another row has broken out about Fifa's revamped Club World Cup competition due to be launched in China next year, expanding it from eight to 25 teams. Opposition this time has come from Latin America rather than Uefa concerned about the impact on the Champions League. Alexander Dominguez, the president of Connebol (South Ameirica's governing football body) has got the hump because Fifa talked to clubs in his continent without his knowledge. He argued that Fifa was creating false hope that billions of dollars would be secured for the tournament. There is more to this than process. The Lex column in the Financial Times is very sceptical about the figures produced by Fifa supremo Gianni Infantino, referring disparagingly to 'a contest sketched on the back of a programme' and dubbing the supremo 'Gianni come lately.' The Pink 'Un thinks that the numbers will be revised down once again once reality hits home. The FT points out that there is an underlying ...