Bayern

And until Thursday the tournament had produced little real excitement, with three of the first nine matches — including the opener featuring Messi and Inter Miami — ending in scoreless draws while Bayern Munich, ranked sixth in the world in the Opta Power Rankings, beat Auckland City, ranked 5,068 places lower, 10-0.

The England forward has a £68m release clause and reports have linked him with a move to Bayern Munich,, external who signed Michael Olise from Palace last summer for about £50m.

For New Zealand part-timers Auckland City, upsetting 34-time German champions and six-time Uefa Champions League winners Bayern Munich was always going to be a tall order – to put it very mildly.

By full-time, Bayern had hit double figures for the first time since August 2021 to set a new Club World Cup record.

Bayern have won by a 10-goal margin in the Bundesliga before – achieving an 11-1 win over Dortmund in 1971 - and the 2021 double-figure game was a 12-0 cup trouncing of regional league team Bremer.