FIFA deny 'imposing' 2025 Club World Cup schedule

In a letter to the World Leagues Association (WLA) and FIFPRO, Mattias Grafstrom, secretary general of world football's governing body, insisted they had consulted widely on the new international calendar. "From the outset we reject any suggestion or inference that FIFA somehow "imposes" the International Match Calendar (IMC) on the football community without adequate consultation or to suit its own "business strategy"," Grafstrom said in a letter seen by AFP. On Thursday, the leagues and unions...