When the White Home posted an image of US President Donald Trump assembly with world leaders within the Oval Workplace on the White Home this week, eagle-eyed soccer followers noticed an unlikely piece of silverware in satisfaction of place.
The Membership World Cup trophy, which Chelsea beat Paris St-Germain to win in July in New Jersey, may be seen on show, exterior within the president’s workplace in Washington DC.
The picture led many on social media to query why ‘Chelsea’s trophy’ resides in one of the vital vital workplaces on this planet weeks after Enzo Maresca’s facet lifted it at Metlife Stadium.
Following the ultimate in July, President Trump stated he was instructed he may maintain the trophy in recognition of the US internet hosting the month-long match.
“I stated, ‘When are you going to select up the trophy?’ [They said] ‘We’re by no means going to select it up. You’ll be able to have it eternally within the Oval Workplace, we’re making a brand new one’,” he stated in an interview with DAZN.
“And so they really made a brand new one. In order that was fairly thrilling, however it’s within the Oval [Office] proper now.”
However, in response to Fifa, that isn’t fairly the case. There are in actual fact three Membership World Cup trophies in existence.
The unique engraved model is in Zurich, Switzerland, at Fifa’s headquarters, as is the customized with all Fifa trophies – together with the World Cup.
One duplicate belongs to Chelsea and the holders paraded it throughout a pre-season pleasant towards AC Milan.
It’s the third model that lives within the Oval Workplace in “recognition of the 2025 match’s distinctive hosts”, Fifa instructed BBC Sport.
