Fifa has ignored European opposition to its plan to revamp the Club World Cup by voting to approve a new 24-team tournament starting in June 2021. The move to scrap the current seven-team tournament, which takes place every winter but is largely ignored by European fans, and replace it with a larger, more lucrative contest every fourth summer, would appear to set Fifa on collision course with Europe’s elite. The European Club Association (ECA), which represents 232 of the continent’s leading sides, Europe’s governing body Uefa and the world players’ union, FIFPro, are all unhappy with what they claim is a lack of consultation in regard to the congested global calendar and Gianni Infantino’s financial plans for the new tournament. Describing himself as a “very happy man”, the Fifa president, Infantino, announced the decision after a meeting of the ruling council in Miami on Friday. Infantino wants Europe to provide eight of the 24 teams, with six coming from South America, three each from Africa, Asia and the Concacaf region and one from Oceania. It has been suggested that each club could earn £50m for taking part. In a letter that was leaked on Friday, the ECA’s executive board, including…