The summer of soccer will take a new look this year with the FIFA Club World Cup, which comes to the U.S. for the first edition of the expanded competition that will see 32 teams from around the world compete for a share of the $1 billion prize purse.

With the new, extended FIFA Club World Cup now under way, and Al Hilal to kick off their Group H campaign on Wednesday in a glamour encounter with Real Madrid, we're looking back at how Roshn Saudi

New Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso could hand Trent Alexander-Arnold his debut in Wednesday's Club World Cup clash against Al-Hilal at Hard Rock Stadium. After replacing Carlo Ancelotti in the Real Madrid dugout, Alonso will be hoping to begin his tenure by leading the club to silverware at the Club World Cup in the USA.

Hilal CEO Esteve Calzada said they were confident in their Club World Cup squad's strength despite failing to secure any big names in the tournament's build-up, adding that talks with several targets collapsed due to excessive financial demands.

The new-look FIFA Club World Cup gets under way later this week in the United States, with Al Hilal flying the flag for Saudi Arabia and the Roshn Saudi League. The Riyadh giants are no strangers to

Flamengo have competed in the Club World Cup twice before. In 2019, they reached the final after defeating Al Hilal in the semifinals but lost 1–0 in extra time to Liverpool. In 2022, they returned but finished third, having lost the semifinal to Al Hilal in a surprise upset before beating Al Ahly for third place.

Names like Bruno Fernandes, Victor Osimhen and Theo Hernandez have thus far turned down big Saudi Arabian offers

Al-Hilal will be the standard bearers for Asian football at the revamped Club World Cup after appointing Simone Inzaghi to coach a squad bristling with playing talent from Saudi Arabia and around the world.