Manchester City belatedly learned their FIFA Club World Cup opponents in a strange draw in Miami featuring an eccentric Giani Infantino and a cameo from Donald Trump.
If a draw is meant to set the tone and standard for a tournament, then expect next summer's FIFA Club World Cup to be chaos from start to finish.
We expect formalities to be drawn out at these things, but what we don't expect are gushing gestures to Donald Trump and his family. Getting the president-elect onside for the first of two major FIFA tournaments in the USA during the next presidency is part of Infantino's job. Trump spoke highly of 'Jonny' Infantino - 'he's the president, I'm the president' - and if this display of loyalty was anything to go by, the next president of the United States will play a public-facing role in next summer's tournament.The draw was spread across two locations, for some reason, adding to the delays in creating the groups.
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