Arsene Wenger is sick of games and tournements
which are of no interest to fans being played- especially when they are being
played so
close to important matches.
France Vs. Brazil (friendly) is taking
place a day before he FA Cup final. If Arsenal make it there, this will be a
problem for the
highly French side.
"This (exhibition) game will be a problem for the
FA Cup final but also for other countries as well," Wenger said.
"I don't say it's disrespectful to clubs but I feel
it's like tennis when you have too many competitions without any worry of
quality and the interest of people is decreased," the Frenchman added.
"The
only interest is financial, it's not sport. For one simple reason - the best
players all play in Europe and the Club World
Championship has less interest than the Champions League.
"In
Brazil in 2000, when an Australian club played against Manchester United, there
was no one in the stadium as they didn't find
it interesting.
"So we might consider
it purely for financial reasons but the responsibility of FIFA is to keep the
level of football high and
always try to push it higher.
"What
people enjoy is to see the best against the best. It's happening in the Champions
League, but it wouldn't happen in the Club
World Championship."
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