Premier League's first-ever goalscorer tips first winners of revamped FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA's brand new revamped Club World Cup kicks off next week, with a host of Europe's elite heading to the United States to compete in the exciting expanded format. 

Premier League heavyweights Chelsea and Manchester will be part of the festivities, along with Bayern Munich and newly crowned European Champions Paris Saint-Germain. 

However, a man who knows all about milestone firsts is tipping another one of Europe's giants to be the first winners of this new version of the Club World Cup. 

Thirty-three years ago, Brian Deane netted the first-ever Premier League goal, when he put Sheffield United ahead against Manchester United, etching his name into football folklore. Now, he is predicting a familiar name to do the same in the States. 

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"Anyone who's watched Real Madrid in these tournaments will realise why they are so good at these club competitions," Deane exclusively told DAZN News, thanks to the home of betting. 

"They’ve got players that can hurt you. They attack and they defend. They have good defenders in one-on-one situations.

"If you look at the forward line of Vinicius, Rodrygo, Mbappe – in a club competition, it’s a brave team that tries to go toe to toe against them when that forward line is what you’re up against.

"And if you decide that you’re going to defend deep, then the bigger problem is that they’ve got players that can carve you up with their passing as well.

"When you put all of that together with the amount of pace that they’ve got in the team, teams can’t compete against what Madrid have to offer." 

Real Madrid begin their tournament against Al Hilal on June 18 in Group H before matches against Pachuca and Red Bull Salzburg. 

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