Blatter Pushing Football Calendar Revamp

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has claimed that he has the support of a number of
top European clubs as he looks to push through proposals to move the football
season to run through the summer.

Blatter believes that the fixture schedule should be altered to begin in late
February and end in November with international qualifying games played in 3
week blocks.

He stated: ‘I’ve just proposed to the clubs: play through the summer. This
would leave enough time for players to recover and there could be blocks of
three weeks of national teams’ qualifying games in winter. This idea is
supported by big European clubs.’

It is unclear at this point which clubs support Blatter’s proposals although
European governing body UEFA could move to block such a restructuring as it
significantly impact the Champions League tournament.