Club World Cup bonanza will be big challenge for Chinese soccer

REPORTEDLY, CHINA IS IN LINE TO host the first expanded FIFA Club World Cup in 2021, as it is the only country recommended by the FIFA Council to host the event, which is likely to be approved by the council members of the world's soccer governing body during their meeting in Shanghai on Wednesday and Thursday. China Daily writer Li Yang comments:

If the plan is approved and China becomes the host, it will be a good result for FIFA, but not necessarily Chinese soccer.

FIFA will get much more revenue from the upgraded tournament given the top club's global followings than it does from the two out-of-the-spotlight tournaments it organizes at present - the eight-team Club World Cup and the Federations Cup.