By Graham Dunbar
FIFA will judge any disputes between Club World Cup teams who each want to take the same player to the tournament in the United States next year, according to tournament rules published on Tuesday.
Scheduling a club event that straddles the June 30 date when player contracts typically expire — as Kylian Mbappé’s did when moving in July as a free agent to Real Madrid from Paris Saint-Germain — has pushed FIFA to find solutions for new transfer issues.
The 32-team Club World Cup is played from June 15-July 13 and potential free agents at qualified teams include Manchester City playmaker Kevin De Bruyne, Bayern Munich trio Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich and Leroy Sané, Inter Milan defender Denzel Dumfries and Madrid’s Ferland Mendy.
“Should two clubs wish to include the same player on their respective provisional list, the FIFA general secretariat shall decide for which club the player may be listed, after hearing
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