Club World Cup 2025: Rummenigge enthusiastic, player unsettled!

Club World Cup 2025: Rummenigge enthusiastic, player unsettled!

Bayern, Deutschland - Football is facing a revolutionary change! In the summer of 2025, the club world championship will celebrate its premiere in a new format. While many players complain about the increasing number of games and the risk of injuries, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, the Bayern veteran, is anything but enthusiastic about these complaints. According to a report by to concentrate. It describes the introduction of the new format as a "wonder of the world", especially because the Confed Cup was abandoned in favor of a club competition.

Rummenigge emphasized that the old format was far too boring, since the Champions League winner always arrived with the knowledge of returning with a trophy. "Everything that is programmed and not emotional does not reach fans," he explains. He sees the swelling complaints of the players as part of a major problem: ever higher and faster not only earn the clubs, but also press the players more and more. "But a lot of money has to come from somewhere," continued Rummenigge. Nevertheless, he warns of the consequences if the trend continues: "If this continues, football will be the only industry in the world that no longer makes profit, but only produces losses," he is from cited.