Talks are underway about whether to play a World Cup soccer tournament every two years instead of four. Arsene Wenger, Arsenal’s former long-term manager turned FIFA’s chief of global football development, is the primary architect of the plan.
Former footballers John Terry and Michael Owen are among the officials invited to discuss the plan with Wenger in Qatar.
FIFA members are set to vote on the plans by the end of the year. If the proposal is accepted, the World Cup finals will be held every two years instead of four from 2028.
England manager Gareth Southgate has been in talks with Wenger about the new plans and said, “I actually met with Arsene a couple of weeks ago, he was meeting a few different coaches so I have a pretty good idea of the proposals.”
“I think the whole calendar needs reviewing. My feedback would be—I don’t know—that our generation is going to find a World Cup every two years a strange concept. I agree generally with the concept of better quality matches. Fewer matches, better quality across the board, but there’s lots of other things that need consideration and we can’t just add more in at the moment.”
