
FIFA and the top domestic leagues are on a collision course after the global governing body’s president Gianni Infantino hit back at claims that FIFA is to blame for saturating the calendar with new events.
At a European Leagues meeting in London last month, Premier League boss Richard Masters rebuked FIFA for not consulting national leagues before expanding the annual, seven-team Club World Cup to a 32-team competition that will be played every four years, with the first edition scheduled to run from June 15 to July 13 in the United States next summer.
Masters said the football calendar had...