Letter sent by World Leagues Association and FifPro tells Gianni Infantino that the soccer schedule is now 'beyond saturation'.

FIFA is facing renewed pushback over its expanded Club World Cup just over a year before the tournament is due to be staged in the United States.

Fifa rejects claims that Fifpro and the World Leagues Association were not consulted over plans to host an expanded Club World Cup.

- FIFA President Gianni Infantino, right, congratulates gives a medal to Real Madrid's Karim Benzema during the awarding ceremony of the FIFA Club World Cup final at Prince M

FIFA on Friday strenuously denied "imposing" its scheduling for the 2025 Club World Cup amid the threat of legal action from leagues and unions. "From the outset we reject any suggestion or inference that FIFA somehow "imposes" the International Match Calendar (IMC) on the football community without adequate consultation or to suit its own "business strategy",

FIFA has issued a forceful defence of its scheduling of the new Club World Cup amid the threat of legal action from leagues and unions. Football’s global governing body wrote to the World Leagues Association (WLA) and FIFPRO on Friday to insist it consulted widely on the new international calendar,