When the White House published a photo of the American president Donald Trump meeting world leaders in the oval office of the White House this week, football fans in the eyes of Aigle spotted an improbable silverware in pride.
The Trophy of the World Club, which Chelsea beat Paris St-Germain to win in July in New Jersey, can be seen on display,, external At the president’s office in Washington DC.
The image has led many people on social networks to wonder why the “Chelsea trophy” lies in one of the most important offices in the world of weeks after the side of Enzo Maresca raised it at the Metlife stadium.
After the final in July, President Trump said he had been informed that he could keep the trophy in recognition of the United States organizing the one-month tournament.
“I said,” When are you going to take the trophy? “” [They said] “We are never going to pick it up. You can always have it in the oval office, we make a new one ‘, “he said in an interview with Dazn.
“And they made a new one. So it was quite exciting, but it is in the oval [Office] right away.”
But, according to FIFA, this is not quite the case. There are in fact three trophies from the Club World Cup.
The original engraved version is located in Zurich, Switzerland, at the FIFA headquarters, just like custom with all FIFA trophies – including the World Cup.
A replica belongs to Chelsea and the holders paraded it during a pre-season friend against AC Milan.
This is the third version that lives in the oval office in “the recognition of the exceptional hosts of the 2025 tournament”, told FIFA in BBC Sport.
