New Delhi, July 15 -- US President Donald Trump has stirred controversy after claiming that FIFA gifted him the original Club World Cup trophy, even before Chelsea defeated Paris Saint-Germain in the tournament's final, the Independent reported.

Speaking to broadcaster DAZN ahead of the match at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, President Trump said FIFA President Gianni Infantino brought the trophy to the White House during a visit in March and told him to keep it.

"They said, 'Could you hold this trophy for a little while?' We put it in the Oval Office," Trump said. "Then I asked, 'When are you going to pick it up?' He says, 'We're never going to pick it up. You can have it forever. We're making a new one.'"

Trump added, "They actually ...