Chelsea player could play against his own team at Club World Cup due to bizarre loophole
The newly formatted competition will see the most successful clubs from six international confederations: AFC, CAF, Concacaf, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA., Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan, Porto, Benfica, Borussia Dortmund, Juventus, Atletico Madrid and FC Salzburg - who all qualify through the ‘UEFA ranking pathway’ based on their performances between 2021 and 2024.
The new-style competition has already come under fire due to the fact it will mean there are just five weeks between the tournament’s final and the opening day of the 2025-26 Premier League season ."The Premier League has not allowed us to postpone the first two games for our recovery," said Guardiola in October World Cup, but it is absolutely not allowed. The Premier League say yes to us? No. Absolutely not.
The Premier League side will be in pot one during Thursday’s draw, meaning they can draw Palmeiras, River Plate, Flamengo or Fluminense.The 17-year-old forward was announced as a Chelsea player in June 2024 but cannot link up with his new teammates until his 18"The June 1-10 window, which The FA would have to take up, was not known at the time of the deal."
Of course, Chelsea fans will no doubt be excited at his arrival, with the young forward previously being compared to Lionel Messi and Neymar due to his similar playing style."Estevao is the best player to have emerged from Brazilian football since Neymar," the head of Palmeiras' academy, Joao Paulo Sampaio, told
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