Real Madrid back Fifa's plan for beefed up Club World Cup | OneFootball

Real Madrid are supporting Fifa’s plans to expand the Club World Cup.

World football’s governing body are thinking of beefing up the tournament and inviting 24 teams.

Los Blancos are part of the European Club Association (ECA), which has admitted its concern about president Gianni Infantino’s proposals for a quadrennial version to replace the annual tournament.

But the competition’s reigning champions are endorsing Infantino’s vision of it being played every four years in June or July with 12 representatives from Europe.

Madrid’s director of institutional relations, Emilio Butragueño, believes fans would prefer the new tournament over the current seven-team format.

“We honestly believe it could be an attractive competition,” he said. “We see it that way as do other important clubs in Europe, who see the possibility favourably.”