FIFA: "We should have fifty clubs from all continents that are at the same level" (Gianni Infantino)

"Today, we have ten or twelve clubs from five European countries that are at a certain level, and the rest of the whole world is far, far behind. My vision is that we should have, say, fifty clubs from all continents that are more or less at the same level. If we want to develop football around the whole world we must think about this," said Gianni Infantino (ITA-SUI), president of FIFA, on the eve of the Club World Cup final (Liverpool FC - CR Flamengo, 1-0 after extra time), in Doha (QAT) on 20/12/2019.

"The one thing I know is that I have been speaking to many people, representing many different interests, and no one seems to be really happy with the way things are right now: with the system, the match calendar... People complain about how national leagues tend to be predictable, how most of the national team games are not interesting enough, how there are too many games being played… If we want to reach a solution to any of this, we must discuss. We must debate. And I feel that, as FIFA president, it is my role to foster such debate," said Gianni Infantino.

"So far, all…