China is set to be awarded the inaugural version of the expanded Club World Cup, a controversial and lucrative new football competition designed to feature many of the world’s biggest club teams.
The Asian country will be proposed as the host nation for the new tournament during a meeting of the ruling council of Fifa, international football’s governing body, in Shanghai on Friday.
Fifa declined to comment, but one of the organisation’s executives said the council will vote on the matter next week.
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