Hawk-Eye and GoalRef will feature at the eight-game Club World Cup, which starts Thursday and features continental champions — including Chelsea and Brazil’s Corinthians — battling to be crowned the best team on the planet. Speaking ahead of the opening match in Yokohama, Valcke said the high financial stakes involved in England’s top flight meant goal-line technology would ultimately be introduced into one of the world’s most profitable leagues.

He said it was costing FIFA $1 million to run the two systems in Japan, adding that high installation costs would mean the technology was out of reach for smaller leagues initially but over time would become more affordable.