- President handed over Club كأس العالم trophy
- Decided not to leave the stage
- Became caught up in wild celebrations
The Blues captured a global crown in the متحد States when stunning دوري أبطال أوروبا الفائزين باريس سان جيرمان 3-0 in an epic final showdown that took place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Trump was in attendance, having been invited by FIFA president Gianni Infantino, and was granted the honour of handing out medals and a prestigious trophy at the final whistle. He had a broad smile on his face when passing major silverware over to Reece James.
تشيلسي‘s captain expected Trump to step aside at that point, but he remained unmoved and ended up forming part of wild celebrations. Cole Palmer is among those to have admitted that he was baffled by the President’s antics.
Cucurella shares that رأي، مع إسبانيا international defender telling Jijantes FC: “We had been told that, as a rule, Donald Trump would come to present us with the trophy and that we couldn’t lift it until he left.n
“And of course, we were all there waiting for him to leave, but the guy didn’t want to leave, and on top of that, we looked at him and he said, ‘Lift it up, I’ll stay here’, and so on. And I wondered who would say anything to him, you know… I was scared shitless.”
Having claimed دوري المؤتمرات and Club World Cup honours in 2024-25, while securing a top-four finish in the الدوري الإنجليزي الممتاز, Chelsea have a couple of friendly dates to take in before opening a new domestic campaign at home to كريستال بالاس في 17 أغسطس.
