Old Premier League players: The Club World Cup is not as successful as they said, and the Blues Paris and others may face the hidden danger of injury

2025 Club World Cup ended and Chelsea won the championship. FIFA President Infantino and MEF executive Don Gaber both said this was an "extremely successful" competition. But some people also hold different opinions.

Newcastle and West Ham former player Heathlop said: "This match is more successful than I expected, and I absolutely admit that it is a 'unbelievable success'. For example, how will they look back on this summer if Paris is facing an injury crisis in a few months?

"For European clubs, there are many unknown factors to be solved, let alone what will happen in a few months. How will Paris and Chelsea deal with the next few weeks? They have played for three or four weeks in a row, and now they have only been more than a month before the start of the domestic league. Should they rest or continue to maintain their shape?

"I think this event has caused a lot of unknown factors, especially for European teams. I'm not sure how they will deal with it. It will take several months to know whether their approach will be successful, and I'm on the lookout for this. For now, the success of the Club World Cup has exceeded my expectations. However, I won't be as excited as Don Gaber."

Former U.S. international Elcules Gomez said: "Many people are dissatisfied with this event because of the 'North American characteristics', such as artificial turf, delays caused by thunderstorms, high temperatures, game time, etc., which are factors they don't like. The Club World Cup is a very good idea. Football belongs to everyone. There should be a platform for teams like Auckland City to have the opportunity to tie with Boca Youth, and of course they were also kicked 10-0 by Bayern.

" This is also part of it. What people don’t like is the North American characteristics that come with it, so I want to say to Don Gaber, ‘Low come’. The world does not revolve around us, and the same is true for football. People are dissatisfied with this event, which is very American. This event itself is still very exciting. ”