Manchester City will discover their FIFA Club World Cup opponents before the end of the year as more details of the tournament emerge.
FIFA unveiled their rulebook for the 2025 Club World Cup this week with an expected demand for sides to play their 'strongest teams' at the tournament.
FIFA rules accommodating player contract extensions to cover the Club World Cup and open a new transfer window for transfers has sought to help cases of contracts expiring at the end of June. There are no such rules for managers, however, as they do not need to be registered with FIFA like players do. So if Guardiola wants to sign a two-week extension to manager City at the Club World Cup, he can do so.
The final qualifier will be either Atletico Miniero or Botafogo of Brazil, who will compete in the Copa Libertadores final on November 30. That will mean four Brazilian sides will qualify, despite a cap on two teams per association - but as teams qualify automatically by winning a confederation's premier club competition, and there have been three consecutive Brazilian champions of the Copa Libertadores, that marks an exception to the rule.
Other aspects of the tournament have been based on the World Cup, where host nations are often seeded in Pot One - although it remains to be seen whether Inter Miami or fellow MLS qualifiers Seattle Sounders would get that privilege.
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