Broadcasters will use the same lineup for the FIFA competition

DAZN Club World Cup

DAZN has revealed the presentation team that will feature across it and 5’s coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup.

Ade Oladipo, Kelly Somers, Olivia Buzaglo and James Richardson will host alongside pundits including John Obi Mikel, Sami Khedira, Christian Vieri, Ronaldo, Shay Given, Callum Wilson, Claude Makélélé, Kleberson, Mamadou Sakho, and Lianne Sanderson. 

Meanwhile, Conor McNamara, Rich Wolfenden, Dan O’Hagan, Mike Minay, Pete Odgers, Brandon Smith, Joe Speight, and Jess Charman will commentate alongside co-commentators Andros Townsend, Michael Brown, Brad Friedel, Rob Green, Danny Higginbotham, Don Hutchison, Jonas Olsson, and Anita Asante. 

DAZN has global rights to the expanded FIFA competition, which runs 14 June-13 July across the US, but has sublicenced 23 of the 63 fixtures to 5. 5 will use DAZN’s feed, with the same presentation team and commentators, for its coverage. 

Former Chelsea player Mikel commented: “I’m excited to join DAZN’s UK team covering this year’s FIFA Club World Cup. I was lucky enough to appear in the competition for Chelsea after we won the Champions League in 2012, and as a fan, I can’t wait to see who is crowned the world’s best club.

“It’s also a great source of pride that Africa will have its highest ever representation in the competition - what a platform for players from my continent to test themselves against the world’s greatest.”

Pete Oliver, DAZN chief executive officer of growth markets, added: “With less than three days to go until the competition kicks off, we’re delighted to announce our stellar UK broadcast team for our coverage of the expanded FIFA Club World Cup. 

“As the global home of football, we’re determined to give audiences around the world the very best viewer experience, and with a line-up featuring some of the best footballing and broadcast talent, UK fans will enjoy world-class commentary and analysis to match the action on the pitch.”

DAZN has announced a number of partnerships to promote its coverage of the Club World Cup including with social platforms TikTok and X. There have also been content partnerships with The Rest Is Football podcast, and well-known football transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano.