Players Getting Closer to Strike, Club World Cup a ‘Super League’ in Disguise, Says Union Leader

BRUSSELS—Players have never been closer to going on strike amid growing discontent towards soccer’s governing bodies, notably FIFA and its revamped Club World Cup that is being compared to a ‘Super League,’ the head of players’ union FIFPRO Europe said on Monday. David Terrier was speaking to Reuters after FIFPRO Europe, the European Leagues association, and Spain’s LaLiga accused FIFA of “abuse” as they filed a joint complaint about the global governing body’s international match schedule to European Union antitrust regulators. Terrier said only ‘social dialogue’ between the sport’s stakeholders could save its ecosystem. “Obviously as a union leader I should be dreaming of a strike because it gives you more power but I’m very attached to the concept of social dialogue,” Terrier said....