FIFA isn’t hiding it anymore.
When you’re in desperate need of a big broadcast deal and some major American sponsors in the next few months, the time for subtlety has passed.
Lionel Messi Inter Miami have qualified — with the word qualified doing more heavy lifting than a skinflint picking up the bar tab after a big night out — for next summer’s new-fangled, massively-enlarged Club World Cup, to be played in the United States.
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How and why have Lionel Messi Inter Miami been deemed worthy of a spot among the top 32 football clubs in the world? Why, by winning the 2024 Supporters’ Shield in MLS, of course!
And where is the
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