Keep the change, ya filthy animal!
FIFA’s inaugural attempt at the Club World Cup has been met with derision and skepticism at every turn. Following the thought process of the Nations League, FIFA decided to convert the boring preseason friendlies into competitive matches. FIFA engaged big clubs like Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Manchester City to headline the event hosted by the United States.
Knowing no other alternative strategies, FIFA chose to incentivize the participating clubs with the obvious solution: Greed.
“There’s a lot of money at stake,” said Bayern legend Karl-Heinz Rummenigge. “We’ve had quite big contract extensions recently. If you have the chance to earn a lot of money at a tournament, you should take the chance.”
Rummenigge was famously sold by Bayern to Inter Milan in 1984 for an unprecedented €5.7M transfer fee. Rummenigge never won another trophy but Bayern used the funds to reinvigorate the squad and win five of the next six Bundesliga titles plus a DFB-Pokal trophy.
It is fair to assume that Rummenigge believes he would have shared in that success if money, or lack thereof, was not an issue for Bayern at the time.
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