Klopp, Nagelsmann decry FIFA's plans for biennial World Cups
Updated On: 11 September, 2021 08:34 AM IST | London | AP
Nagelsmann said it affects the overload on players and there`s a devaluation of the World Cup. If it takes place more often, it doesn`t have the same significance
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Jurgen Klopp and Julian Nagelsmann. Pics/AFP
Jurgen Klopp seems sure why FIFA is so determined to gain support for World Cups every two years, and he`s not pleased by apparent financial motivations. "In the end," the Liverpool manager said Friday, "it`s all about money, that`s how it is." Across in Germany, Bayern Munich coach Julian Nagelsmann was as concerned about the impact on FIFA`s flagship events if the frequency was doubled. "I`m no friend of that," Nagelsmann said. "On the one hand, it affects the overload on players and there`s a devaluation of the World Cup. If it takes place more often, it doesn`t have the same significance."
That`s the type of dissent Arsene Wenger hasn`t highlighted in presentations to media this week during what FIFA calls a consultation process. The former Arsenal manager, in his role as FIFA`s chief of global football development, is advancing a vision that so concerns two of the game`s current great coaches. Klopp is a respected figure in FIFA. Just three weeks ago, Klopp was being honored by FIFA, receiving the men`s coach of the year award from Wenger. "There`s not another sport in world I`m sure with such a relentless calendar, no physical sport," Klopp said.
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