By Wayne Lumbasi
FIFA president Gianni Infantino is keen on holding the World Cup every three years in the future and also wants the tournament to take place in winter again.
Infantino is convinced that staging the World Cup in the middle of a European winter over the past month has proved to be a game-changer, which shows that the sport can continue to grow and be globalised.
🚨 FIFA president Gianni Infantino wants to hold the World Cup every THREE years in a bid to transform international football.
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There were concerns that players would be worn out and highly prone to injuries, damaging the quality of football at the tournament, but that didn’t prove to be the case with a number of extremely entertaining matches taking place and some of the sport’s biggest names being at their best.
That, along with the fact that record revenues were generated, has convinced Infantino that World Cups should be held at this time of year again in the future.
European soccer’s governing body, UEFA, and the South American confederation, Conmebol, were key in defeating that proposal. Given the strength of their relative national team tournaments, they are likely to be opposed to FIFA’s latest innovation.
