**Two major broadcasters are reportedly battling to win TV rights to show the FIFA Club World Cup in the UK ahead of the summer’s US-based tournament.**
32 teams will face off in a first-of-its-kind, expanded Club World Cup across June and July, championed by FIFA President Gianni Infantino – who wants to raise the competition to the ‘pinnacle of club football’ globally.
Both [Manchester City and Chelsea will claim a sizeable chunk of the now-confirmed $1 billion cash pool](https://cityxtra.co.uk/25532/manchester-city-set-to-claim-major-share-of-staggering-1-billion-fifa-club-world-cup-prize-pool/) owing to their participation in the tournament, which will be held in the United States.
DAZN have won the global TV rights for the competition and the broadcaster are sub-licensing rights in major territories, including the UK, according to the information of [James Gray for iPaper](https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/channel-5-itv-rights-chelsea-man-city-club-world-cup-3570853?ITO=newsnow).
Both ITV and Channel 5 are believed to be fighting it out for broadcasting rights in the United Kingdom ahead of the summer’s tournament, though neither is believed to have made a significant financial offer instead placing zero-pound bids.
Should the former secure the streaming rights, then – from the side of ITV – their plan would be to broadcast the tournament largely on ITV4, with BBC and Channel 4 understood to not be vying for rights to show the Club World Cup.
Warner Bros Discovery have already won the race to receive sub-licensing rights from DAZN in the USA, and Warner Bros-owned TNT Sports are said to be ‘unlikely’ to make a bid for Club World Cup streaming rights in the UK.
Manchester City’s participation in the Club World Cup will boost their transfer chest ahead of the 2025/26 season and could give Pep Guardiola the perfect opportunity to assess potential signings when the club overhaul in the summer.
City return to action on Saturday lunchtime in a tricky top-four Premier League meeting with Nottingham Forest at the City Ground after successive wins over Tottenham and Plymouth Argyle in the English top-flight and FA Cup respectively.