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By Frank Dalleres Was Fifa too hasty in rejecting Apple’s reported $1bn (£760m) offer for media rights to next summer’s inaugural beefed-up Club World Cup? That is a question football’s governing body may have to ask itself as time ticks down towards the new 32-team tournament in the US next summer. With only eight months to go until kick-off, Fifa is yet to announce either a single sponsor to help fund Gianni Infantino’s pet project or a broadcaster that has signed up to show it. Rumours that Infantino may seek to leverage his relationship with Saudi Arabia to plug either one or both of those…

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