Messi's Inter Miami to play in Fifa Club World Cup

Major League Soccer broadside Inter Miami person been named arsenic the latest summation to the Fifa Club World Cup successful 2025.

The expanded 32-team tournament volition beryllium held successful the United States successful 2025 from 15 June to 3 July adjacent year.

The tourney volition beryllium made up of 12 teams from Europe, six from South America, 12 from Asia, Africa and North America with the last 2 spots going to 1 nine from Oceania and different from the United States - the big nation.

Inter Miami, who are co-owned by David Beckham, person been awarded that spot aft the nine won the MLS Supporters Shield - which is fixed to the nine successful the MLS with the champion regular crippled season.

The announcement came aft Lionel Messi scored a hat-trick to assistance Inter Miami interruption the MLS's regular-season points record.

"You person shown that successful the United States, you are consistently the champion nine connected the tract of play," Fifa president Gianni Infantino said.

"Therefore, I americium arrogant to denote that arsenic 1 of the champion clubs successful the world, you are deserved participants successful the caller Fifa Club World Cup 2025."

Messi, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suarez could travel up against Chelsea and Manchester City, who person already qualified for the tournament.

Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris St-Germain, Inter Milan, Porto and Benfica are different representatives from Europe.

The 32nd spot successful the tourney volition beryllium awarded to the victor of the 2024 Copa Libertadores.

Matches volition beryllium played crossed 8 venues successful the US - including astatine Inter Miami's Hard Rock stadium - with the last to instrumentality spot astatine the MetLife Stadium successful New Jersey.

Fifa's determination to grow the contention has drawn disapproval from clubs and players, peculiarly aft Uefa expanded the Champions League and Europa League radical stages to see 2 further matches.

Global players' national Fifpro and the European Leagues body, which represents 39 leagues and 1,130 clubs successful 33 countries, filed a associated complaint to the European Commission successful July to protestation Fifa's "abuse of dominance" successful the game.

The past variation of the tourney successful 2023 was contested betwixt 7 teams from six confederations, with Manchester City winning the trophy.

The afloat Club World Cup gully volition beryllium made successful December.