CHELSEA and Manchester City have earned a spot at the 2025 Club World Cup.
However, Premier League title-chasers Liverpool and Arsenal are yet to feature on the line-up.
The Club World Cup will be expanded to 32 teams for the first time in the competition’s history next year.
Teams are selected from six confederations across the world including AFC (Asia), CAF (Africa), CONCACAF (North and Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL (South America), OFC (Oceania) and Uefa (Europe).
The competition’s four previous winners have also been invited to take part.
That means Chelsea, who were crowned champions in 2021, will feature.
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The Blues have struggled to compete in the Premier League over the last two years despite spending over £1billion on player transfers.
They finished 12th in the table last season and currently sit 11th with 12 games left to play.
As a result of last season’s poor results Chelsea also failed to qualify for Europe, leaving many fans baffled as to why they will be allowed to take part in the Club World Cup.
One football fan took to X to write: “Liverpool & Arsenal not playing but Chelsea playing.. the 32 teams Club World Cup is outlandishly embarrassing. Chelsea isn’t even in Europe.
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“How tf does it make sense?”
Another questioned: “This is f***ing stupid, why is Chelsea playing?”
While a third wrote: “Snuck in Chelsea like we won’t notice 😂.”
Man City have also qualified for the Club World Cup next year.
Pep Guardiola’s side won the competition at the end of 2023 after clinching the Treble.
Among the other clubs that have already qualified are Bayern Munich, PSG, Inter Milan, Auckland City, Palmeiras and Seattle Sounders.
Source: Soccer - thesun.co.uk
