Real Madrid insist they will go to Club World Cup after

Head coach had suggested Madrid would not participateAncelotti says words not ‘interpreted the way I expected’

Real Madrid issued a statement on Monday underlining their intention to participate in next summer’s Club World Cup after Carlo Ancelotti had suggested the club would refuse to play in the tournament.

Ancelotti told an Italian newspaper that Madrid, and other clubs, would not take part because the financial incentives were not big enough. The head coach later tweeted that his words had “not been interpreted in the way I expected”, minutes after Madrid said they would be going to a tournament due to be held in the United States next June and July.