FIFA in raptures as Messi (and his team) qualify for their unloved Club World Cup

October 21 – No Barcelona, Manchester United, Liverpool, AC Milan or Arsenal, not even Atletico Madrid. The Club World Cup is without five of the biggest and most supported clubs in the world. But it does now have Lionel Messi… and his five-season-old club Inter Miami.

You could almost hear the sigh of relief on the other side of Atlantic from FIFA's new Miami offices as Messi inked his spot in FIFA president Gianni Infantino's shiny new club tournament,

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