The new 32-team competition, to be hosted in the United States next summer, has been championed by Fifa president Gianni Infantino but is the subject of two legal challenges in Europe, which both involve players' union Fifpro.
It's about inclusivity, it's about bringing clubs from all over the world, the 32 best clubs and best players from all over the world together, Infantino said on Thursday.
Should both English clubs progress to the knockout stages as group winners, they would go into opposite sides of the draw and would then not meet until the final.
Inter Miami's selection was widely panned by critics, who saw the team's inclusion as a way of crowbarring Messi into the tournament.
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