The White House has announced that US President Donald Trump will attend Sunday’s FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey.

Trump, during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, ahead of the match scheduled for at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, told reporters, “I’ll be going to the game.”

News of his attending the World Cup Finals came after FIFA announced it had opened an office in New York’s Trump Tower.

Following the tournament's expansion from just seven clubs to thirty-two, the United States is hosting the first edition, which includes African clubs.

They include Al Ahly (Egypt), Wydad Casablanca (Morocco), and Esperance (Tunisia), alongside Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa).

The USA will also be a co-host for next year’s World Cup, along with Canada and Mexico.

Chelsea will face either Paris St-Germain (PSG) or Real Madrid in the Club World Cup final at MetLife Stadium, which will also host next year’s World Cup final.

Trump, who attended the Super Bowl in February, is chair of a task force he established to oversee preparations for each tournament.

“We have received such a big support from the government and from the president with the White House taskforce for the Fifa Club World Cup and for the Fifa World Cup next year,” said Fifa president Gianni Infantino.

“Fifa is a global organisation and to be global you have to be local, you have to be everywhere, so we have to be in New York.”

FIFA president Infantino has, however, promised fans they will be welcomed to the US, despite the government's immigration crackdown and a travel ban on 12 countries.

However, Trump is reportedly considering expanding travel restrictions to as many as 36 additional countries.

In a related development, FIFA set a $9.55 million participation fee for each of the four African clubs competing in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup (CWC), marking a significant financial boost for the continent’s representatives.

Former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has criticised the Club World Cup as “the worst idea ever implemented in football,” citing concerns over players' welfare.

“It’s all about the game and not the surrounding events – and that’s why the Club World Cup is the worst idea ever implemented in football in this regard,” he said.

Man City's coach, Pep Guardiola, also made similar complaints about player exhaustion and intense player schedules, citing potential jeopardy to player performance in the upcoming season.

He said players hardly rest after the end of the Premier League season (May 25) and the start of the Club World Cup (June 18).