• ‘From an organisation point of view they have to talk’•
Liverpool play Monterrey in Qatar semi-final on WednesdayJürgen Klopp has said Fifa’s scheduling of the Club
World Cup undermines respect for the competition but Liverpool did not “fly 3,000 miles not to show up” in Qatar.
Liverpool’s attempt to win the tournament for the first time begins with Wednesday’s semi-final in Doha against Monterrey, the Concacaf
Champions League winners from Mexico. Whereas the Club World Cup has a passionate following in Latin and South America – as evidenced by the thousands of Flamengo fans who have travelled to the Gulf state from
Brazil – it has struggled to generate the same esteem within European football.