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The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. Chelsea have confirmed their squad for the Club World Cup with Andrey Santos and Liam Delap included but no place for Djordje Petrovic.
Chelsea have confirmed that Liam Delap has been included in their Club World Cup squad, while Raheem Sterling and João Félix have been left out.
Chelsea announced their 28-man squad for the FIFA World Cup yesterday, confirming all four summer signings will be part of the travelling party. It’s been a busy start to the summer for the Blues as they finally locked down a Champions League spot under the ownership of Todd Boehly after two upsetting years.
Chelsea will be aiming to ride a wave of positivity into the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup as they attempt to leave their mark on the reformatted tournament in the United States. Qualifying for the Champions League and winning the Europa Conference League made for the perfect end to the 2024–25 campaign for the Blues,
In the latest look at the groups competing at this summer’s Club World Cup in the USA, it is now time to cast our eyes over Group D.You can sign up to DAZN to watch every FIFA Club World Cup game
The last side to book their place at the Club World Cup face off against one of the first to have stamped their passage to the United States on Sunday as Chelsea and Los Angeles FC meet at Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz Arena.
Chelsea play a Pep Guardiola-influenced style: a possession-focused, positional game. The nominal starting formation is a standard 4-3-3 but one of Maresca’s full-backs will usually ‘ invert’, often into the base of midfield and sometimes into one of the attacking half-spaces.
As though the mini transfer window deadline last night wasn’t exciting enough, the Club World Cup continues to delivery with more drama focused around the squad announcement for the tournament