At least six Round of 16 fixtures at the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup have now been confirmed.

Inter Milan finished top of Group E, thanks to a 2-0 victory over 10-man River Plate.

Late goals from Francesco Pio Esposito and Alessandro Bastoni sealed the win for the Serie A side, who will face Fluminense in the next round.

Monterrey, who are Group E runners-up, will play Borussia Dortmund for a place in the quarter-final.

Benfica will take on Chelsea in another last-16 game on Saturday, while Palmeiras will go head-to-head with Botafogo in an all-Brazilian affair.

On Sunday, Paris Saint-Germain will square up against Inter Miami, in what has been dubbed the Lionel Messi Derby. Flamengo play Bayern Munich.

There are two more Round of 16 match-ups yet to be determined.

Inter Miami superstar, Lionel Messi, remains the best-paid player in the Major League Soccer, MLS, for the second consecutive year.

This was revealed in data published by the MLS Players Association. It showed that Messi earns a total guaranteed compensation of $20.45m.

The figure also represents a bit of the 38-year-old’s earnings, as he also gets from other revenue streams like an endorsement deal with Adidas and a revenue-sharing agreement with league broadcast partner Apple.

According to Sportico, Messi could rake in up to $150m over the course of his two-and-a-half year contract with Miami and MLS back in the summer of 2023.

Toronto FC forward, Lorenzo Insigne, is in second place with a guaranteed earning of $15.44m.

In third spot, is Messi’s Inter Miami teammate Sergio Busquets at $8.5m. Atlanta United forward Miguel Almirón is in fourth position at $7.87m followed by San Diego FC forward Hirving “Chucky” Lozano at $7.63m.

Former Super Eagles striker Odion Ighalo has said it does not matter whether his compatriot Victor Osimhen moves to Saudi Arabia now or in the future.

Ighalo, speaking with News Central, claimed that the option of moving to the Middle East would always be available to Osimhen.

“He knows what he wants. We were together two days ago, but we didn’t talk about football; we just had fun,” he said.

“I believe he knows what he wants; he’s grown, he’s worked hard, and if he calls me for a word, I’ll speak from my opinion, but any decision he makes, it’s a win-win for him.

“If he goes to Saudi now, if he doesn’t go until two years later, it doesn’t matter, because last year they came, he didn’t go; they came this year, he’s declined; they’ll still come again.”

Ighalo himself played in the Saudi Pro League for Al-Shabab, Al-Hilal, and Al-Wehda.