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Mailbag: Could the Club World Cup work one day?

Football Ramble

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4.79.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

A tournament straight from the mind of Gianni Infantino is (predictably) a bit of a mess – but is the Club World Cup a totally lost cause, or is there a version of it that might actually work?


Pete tells Marcus and Luke why the whole thing reminds him of the bizarre new Sprite and tea combo. Plus, what are the player and club pairings we wish had happened? Come join us to find out!


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, Andy here. The club World Cup is underway and whether you like it or not, the impact

0:07.9

it's going to have on the world of football could be huge. And as far as the US is concerned,

0:13.1

it's also going to be a road test for next summer's World Cup. So I've headed to Los Angeles

0:19.0

for a week to see things for myself. I'm going to watch

0:21.9

some of the biggest clubs from Europe and South America in action and speak to journalists,

0:26.5

players and fans, local and international, to temperature check some of the major stories around

0:32.2

this divisive tournament. You'll be able to catch all of this across three special episodes over on Stacks on the Continent feed.

0:40.3

So search on the Continent on your podcast app of choice, give it a listen and hit subscribe.

0:46.3

And remember, if you're a Football Rambled Patreon, then you'll get all of these episodes on your usual Patreon exclusive feed completely ad free.

1:00.9

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1:04.6

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1:07.2

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moment to step in and say, actually no fun for you just yet, stop celebrating please? Or the itch

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