Snubbing Japan to Avoid Playing Catch Up

Unlike Manu in 2000 we are able to resist FIFA's calls for compulsory attendance in the World Club Championship. I say we should concentrate on the league.

Liverpool have been drawn to play either Deportivo Saprissa or FC Sydney in the semi-finals of the competition, but Parry says the Reds must decide whether it would serve the club's best interests to take part. "The World Club Championship draw has been made," he said. "This is something we are debating very carefully at the moment. It is a world tournament that is prestigious but we have to balance that with the potential of losing another domestic fixture. "We are already facing the disruption of two Premier League fixtures due to the Champions League third round qualifier and the Super Cup. "All of this is down to the price of success and as we've discovered in the past, you tend not to get a lot of sympathy for being successful."

What a shame we qualified in the 1st place!