Liverpool’s victory in the Champions League last season has secured their place in Fifa’s inaugural club competition Times photographer Bradley OrmesherLiverpool are guaranteed to have a place at Fifa’s first 24-team Club World Cup which is being held in the summer of 2021, it can be revealed. Uefa has agreed with Fifa that the Champions League winners for the four years before the tournament will make up four of the eight European teams, meaning that Liverpool and Real Madrid will definitely be involved. A source with knowledge of the talks between Fifa and Uefa told The Times that an agreement had been reached that the Champions League winners of 2018 (Real Madrid), 2019 (Liverpool), 2020 and 2021 would be involved. The tournament is to take place in June 2021 and is likely to be held in China. No decision has been taken on how the…

Source: The Times July 17, 2019 23:17 UTC