Arsene Wenger calls for a World Cup every two years
Now a top Fifa staffer, the Frenchman also proposes radical calendar changes
16 March 2021 - 15:35
Manchester — Arsene Wenger, Fifa’s chief of global football development, says the governing body should consider holding the World Cup and Euros every two years and that a review of the world calendar will consider compressed qualifiers and enforced breaks for players.
The former Arsenal manager is a close adviser to Fifa president Gianni Infantino and says the current four-year wait for a World Cup is unfair to players and the focus should be on “competitions of meaning”...
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