Manchester City s former players criticized the Club World Cup: If I announce that the entire first team is injured, send the youth team to participate

June 8th, the first 32 teams will open in the United States. Former British goalkeeper David James said that Manchester City should send youth teams to participate in this game.

David James said: "If I were Manchester City, I would announce that the whole team of our first team was injured and then send the youth team to the Club World Cup. I think this kind of game is a joke, we all see that many of the world's top players and teams are complaining that there are too many games, and then they have such events.

"You would want to know who will benefit from it, especially if you can look at some of the participating teams, and in my opinion they don't even have enough world rankings to compete with the top teams." The old game system is actually quite good. The new game system seems to be just for some people to earn more benefits from the players, and the players are overused. I'm not saying players shouldn't be playing in these games, but I think it's a bit too much.

"I know the participating teams are obliged to send the strongest lineup, but if the players are injured, they should be declared directly injured. The team's sports science team needs to study the players' recovery period. For example, teams like Manchester City, most of their players still have to compete in national teams. What is the benefit for the club? A season lasts for nine months, the team has to rely on these players. Now for a game like this, they may suffer damage.

"FIFA wants to change the format of the game, but requires fans to run around the world to follow their home team, which is unacceptable. This is a new competition system, and many people will share the same view as me: this model simply doesn't work.

"Of course, if this competition system can continue to develop and become a regular event, then in the future we may see that all teams are planning to compete for this highly competitive championship. But for the moment, it will cause many players to feel very tired at the beginning of the new season."

This Club World Cup Manchester City is in Group G with Vadard, Al Ain and Juventus.