Chelsea have confirmed a 28-man squad for the 2025 Club World Cup. Enzo Maresca's side will make the long trip to the United States on Friday ahead of their ope

Chelsea have confirmed their squad for the Club World Cup with Andrey Santos and Liam Delap included but no place for Djordje Petrovic. Chelsea kick off their campaign in FIFA’s newly-expanded tournament next week,

The summer of soccer will take a new look this year with the FIFA Club World Cup, which comes to the U.S. for the first edition of the expanded competition that will see 32 teams from around the world compete for a share of the $1 billion prize purse.

A host of new Chelsea faces are in contention to make their debuts when the Blues begin their Fifa Club World Cup campaign against Los Angeles FC. Enzo Maresca’s first season in charge at Stamford Bridge ended with Champions League qualification and a Europa Conference League triumph.

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.

Flamengo won the 2022 Copa Libertadores to qualify for this competition, their third title, while Esperance de Tunis qualified for the Club World Cup as the best-ranked eligible team through CAF's four-year ranking of clubs.

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

CHELSEA have left out goalkeeper Djordje Petrovic from their Club World Cup squad – causing fans to fume. The Blues kick off their campaign in the expanded 32-team tournament on Monday