Blatter orders Liverpool to report for Tokyo duty
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-06-14 14:31

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told Liverpool they will not be allowed to pull out of the World Club Championship in Japan in December.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told Liverpool they will not be allowed to pull out of the World Club Championship in Japan in December. [Liverpool FC]

Liverpool face an extended fixture list following UEFA's decision allow the Anfield club into next season's Champions League first qualifying round as defending champions.

But Blatter has said he will not tolerate any plans to lighten the load by withdrawing from December's World Club Championship in Japan.

The tournament will incorporate the Toyota Cup, a play-off between the European and South American club champions.

"They must play the Toyota Cup because it is binding for them for 2005," Blatter told the Daily Mail.

"The cup is in Japan and they will have to travel. Do you think they won't play? They will play."

Liverpool, who must also play the UEFA Super Cup, are close to cancelling two friendly games in Japan in July but may face financial penalty for withdrawing from the matches against Shimizu S-Pulse and Kashima Anglers.

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