Arsene Wenger introduced many revolutionary things in the Premier League and football in general, marking a glorious era of Arsenal, with which he won 17 trophies, including three league titles. After all, he’s still the last Gunners’ boss who led them to the EPL glory.Now, as FIFA’s chief of global football development, the Frenchman is trying to further revolutionize the secondary most important thing in the world and one of the biggest novelties has been the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, played in a new format with 32 participants for the first time.Klopp: ‘World Cup the worst idea ever’Opinions on the new competition have varied, though some critics were pretty harsh. For instance, Jurgen Klopp called the CWC “the worst idea ever,” while Pep Guardiola somewhat agreed with the German.Arsene Wenger has hit back at Jurgen Klopp’s criticisms of the Fifa Club World Cup 🌎 pic.twitter.com/trrCn8Ipzk— BBC Sport (@BBCSport) July 10, 2025 Still, Wenger wasn’t on the same page as the ex-Liverpool and Man City managers.”I am going to give a very boring answer to a very interesting question. Everyone is entitled to an opinion and I don’t share the view of Jurgen Klopp at all,” he said via BBC, before explaining his stance.”I feel a Club World Cup is needed. If you make enquiries to all the clubs who were here then 100% of answers would be that they would want to do it again. That’s the best answer of what the clubs think of a Club World Cup,” Wenger stated.Guardiola agrees with Klopp: “CWC is the worst idea ever implemented in football”As for the issues the teams in the tournament frequently faced – such as the heat or dry pitches – the 75-year-old said FIFA coped with them pretty well.”The heat in some games was a problem but we tried to combat that with cooling breaks, watering the pitches during the break and overall I feel we learned a lot on that front. The grass is a bit different here. It’s a bit harsher or more resistant than in other countries. The pitches were ‘flat’. But once we watered the grass, everyone was happy,” Wenger concluded.##NAJAVA_MECA_9014636##
