FIFA President to push for new league to grow the game
Back in June, Gianni Infantino continued his push for the Women’s Club World Cup in order to create a more elite structure for women’s football.
Though his attempt was blocked, he is still adamant that this will play an important role is the develop of the game and that this is not the first time his proposal has been rejected; first proposal made in 2017. This will see 16-24 teams compete over a three week period. He hopes this will improve participation of women’s football to 60 million by 2026.
Infantino on the strategy:
“We have to build on the momentum of this fantastic World Cup,” he said.
The Swiss added that he first came up with the idea of the new league in 2017 but had seen it rejected within Fifa despite “big, big support” from global soccer officials.
“We then brought it back to the council of Fifa, where it was, how shall I say? Put on hold? Or blocked for probably some sports political reasons? I don’t know exactly why,” he added.
“But we will bring it back on the table until it will be approved.”
“We need to create a World Cup for clubs. We cannot think that we can seriously develop women’s football by only having national teams,” he said.
“We need clubs as well and to give them more reason to invest and to give them a stage where they can perform. So I will propose a Club World Cup. Every year, starting next year or the year after next. I don’t think it takes us a long time to organise it.”
