Real Madrid OFFICIAL announcement confirms participation in the Club World Cup

Real Madrid Official Announcement to Club World Cup.

"Real Madrid C. F. would like to announce that at no time has there been any question regarding our participation in the new Club World Cup to be organised by FIFA in the coming 2024/2025 season. "

"Our club will therefore take part, as planned, in this official competition and we are proud and excited to be involved in it and we wll once again inspire our millions of fans all over the world with another trophy."

Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti also responds to previous remarks.

Ancelotti took to Instagram shortly afterwards, claiming his quotes from the earlier interview had been misinterpreted.

'In my interview with Il Giornale, my words on the Club World Cup were not interpreted in the way that I intended,' he wrote.

'Nothing could be further from the truth than rejecting the possibility of playing in a tournament that I consider could be a great opportunity to continue fighting for big titles with Real Madrid.'

His words were in sharp contrast to what he had been quoted as saying by Il Giornale, as the Italian publication claimed he told them: 'FIFA forgets that the clubs and players will not participate in that tournament.'

'A single Real Madrid match is worth €20million (£17m) and they want to give us that money for the entire competition. Negative.

'Real Madrid, like other clubs, we will decline the invitation.'