World Football Association: Trump’s policy as a FIFA problem: worries before the club World Cup

Donald Trump also likes this form of gigantism. Of course he wanted to watch games of the club World Cup in the stadium. “More than one, if possible, said the US President recently at an appointment with Gianni Infantino in the White House. But can the FIFA boss really look forward to Trump as a grandstandast?

Shortly before the kick -off of the new XXL short for the best club selection of the world on Saturday – tailor -made to Trump’s 79th birthday – critical questions about the role of political influence on the event with FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund are increasing as German starters.

Infantino was demonstrated that his friendship is no longer a role when Trump makes you serious, for example with hard single -time rules – also for football fans from several countries. The big question is: What does that mean for the World Cup in the summer of 2026? The location is tense in America.

When barricades burned at demonstrations during the 2013 Confed Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was massively questioned as a World Cup host for the following year. Like four years earlier in South Africa, security was a top topic. The then FIFA boss Joseph Blatter came into explanation.

Now the location in Los Angeles and other American cities is precarious. And Infantino is silent about the US military on the streets of a venue for the club World Cup and the World Cup. The pictures that go around the world must also take care of the FIFA president. They damage his billion-dollar events.

Criticism also stimulates in the football industry. The Los Angeles FC, participant of the club World Cup, was solidarity with the protests against the trump proceeding against migrants. “LAFC believes that the true strength of our community arises from people and the cultures that are the shape of our beautiful and various city,” the club wrote on X. The LAFC is on the side with all members of our community, while so many in our city feel fear and uncertainty. ”

The games of the club World Cup itself will hardly be influenced by the protests. But fans also positioned themselves clearly and recently presented a large banner with the inscription “Abolish ICE” in a game. ICE is the immigration authority against their procedures.

The stress with the World Cup guitors Mexico and Canada is complicated enough. However, with his recent tightening of the entry bans for people from World Cup participant countries, Trump has illustrated his friend Infantino that all supposed “guarantees” can be quickly forgotten.

Standing now, German fans should have no problems. But it looks different for people from Brazil, Argentina or Nigeria. A free entry with a World Cup ticket like at the World Cup in Qatar 2022 will certainly not exist in the USA anyway.

Infantino’s assertions that fans from all over the world can feel “safe and welcome” in America are already invalid. The football festival remains unreachable for people from Iran, possibly from Venezuela.

The authorities refer to security aspects with their policy. In this way, possible violent offenders should also be locked out. For the club World Cup, the Argentine message lists with names with names with several thousand potential hooligans also presented by Bayern opponents Boca Juniors, which should not receive a visa for the club World Cup.

Football is nothing without fans. But how big is the hype in the USA really. FIFA recently left questions about the burden on the stadiums and possibly many empty places.

The World Association relies on a dynamic price system when selling tickets – so prices of demand adapt. On the official side, there are still many tickets to buy for the games shortly before the tournament starts, especially via so -called resale tickets.

Media reports that Inter Miami’s game with Lionel Messi against Al-Nahry from Cairo had only sold less than 20,000 cards, FIFA rejected. The portal “The Athletic” quoted the world association that the number is “significantly higher”, but precise information was not given.

Fifa recently sent emails to potential buyers in which a coupling shop was advertised. If you register for the purchase of World Cup tickets, you will receive an offer for eight tickets at the club World Cup. That sounded a bit like Ramschware.

Alliance with Saudi Arabia

For FIFA, the eyes have long been going beyond the United States. And football and politics will continue to be closely combined. Instead of traveling to Paraguay on time for the FIFA congress, Infantino tingelte in May with Trump to the Middle East. First stop: Saudi Arabia. The World Cup host 2034.

The PIF investment fund based there was named the official partner. The fund also includes the majority shares at the Club Al-Hilal from Riad, one of the 32 participants of the club World Cup.

Saudi Arabia also plays an important role for the club World Cup premiere away from this. The streaming provider DAZN secured the global transmission rights for the tournament, for which FIFA distributed a total of one billion US dollars. A few weeks after the TV deal, a Saudi investment at DAZN was announced, according to media reports about around one billion.