DOHA, Dec 21 — Fifa president Gianni Infantino believes he has majority backing for his biennial World Cup plan, after national football leaders were told the switch would create an extra US$4.4 billion in revenues for the world body.
No vote is yet scheduled for the plan, but Infantino said a majority was in place for the idea but it needed to be dealt with as part of the broader overhaul of the international match calendar. “It is about getting the right decisions for football at the end of the day and we will take the time that it takes, to come to this decision. I will not commit to anything at the congress. Everything is open and flexible,” he said.
Montagliani told Reuters earlier this month that an additional tournament could be a revamped version of the old Confederations Cup rather than a full World Cup with a separate qualifying process. A report from Nielsen predicted that the biennial World Cup plan would see revenues rise from an expected US$7 billion — for a 48-team tournament — to US$11.4 billion over a four-year cycle thanks to increased ticket receipts and media rights and sponsorship revenues.
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