The Club World Cup will be broadcast this summer on Free-to-Air Channel 5 in the United Kingdom after they have reached an agreement with Global Rights Holder Dazn.
The broadcaster will show 23 out of 63 games of the tournament live, including four last-16 tires, two quarter-finals, a semi-final and the final and 15 group games.
The matches are also shown on Dazn, who will broadcast the other 40 games exclusively after they have agreed a £ 787 million deal with FIFA for rights for the tournament.
Channel 5 has previously held the rights to the Europa League and showed live from 1997 to 2012.
But the deal with Dazn for the club World Cup, reported by The Guardian, is one of the most sporting events it has acquired.
The new extensive 32-team competition contains Manchester City, Chelsea, Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Inter Milan and Juventus.dazn has said that it will make every game available for free worldwide on his app.
The British streaming platform concluded a deal with FIFA, which had had difficulty finding a broadcaster earlier in December.
Only three months earlier, President Gianni Infantino held an emergency meeting to try to record the interest.
The Dazn deal seems to be partially supported by financing from Saudi Arabia.
A minority interest was indeed sold to Surj Sports Investment, a company that operates that operates that operates in Saudi Public Investment in February.
Allegedly, ITV has made a brutal £ 0 offer to broadcast the Club World Cup last summer -for the Dazn package.
The terrestrial TV giant looked to convince the administrative body to give them the rights for free if it agreed to screen games during the new look, extensive tournament on their main channels.
ITV initially entered the race, convincing that their offer to invest in production costs and screen games to a wider audience has been enough to seduce FIFA.
The tournament runs from mid -June to July 13 and matches are played in the US, also in Charlotte, Cincinnati and Los Angeles.
Clubs will be able to earn up to £ 97 million in prize money if they all their group stage games and then win the tournament themselves. Chelsea and Manchester City will compete as a result of winning the Champions League in 2021 and 2023 respectively.
Clubs of other continents that have qualified include Boca Juniors, River Plate and Al-Hilal.
The only team of Concacaf, the North -American division, becomes Lionel Messi's Inter Miami, while Infantino called it 'the most accessible club football tournament ever'.
The competition had originally received criticism from clubs and players for adding more games to a tight calendar.
The trade union of the global players FIFPRO and the European Leagues bories lagged a complaint with the European Commission last year to protest against the 'abuse of dominance' of FIFA in the game.
According to the tournament rules published by FIFA, clubs have to set their strongest teams for all competitions.