Arsene Wenger unveils six-point grand plan to revolutionise football

Arsene Wenger has unveiled his grand plan for the future of football after claiming he is "100 per cent convinced it is the right solution."

Former Arsenal boss Wenger made a presentation outlining FIFA's wish for a World Cup every two years with heavyweight support from the likes of Peter Schmeichel and ex-Brazil star Ronaldo.

It comes despite fierce competition from UEFA, the Premier League and clubs have already voiced concerns which could spark a major civil war within football with FIFA trying to bring in a new global calendar for 2028.

Wenger's outline for the future of the beautiful game included plans for:

Arsene Wenger is one of the driving forces behind FIFA's idea to have a World Cup every two years ( Image:

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- World Cup every two years to deliver "better quality" games more frequently

- New global calendar which would see international breaks scaled back to once a season in October with tournaments in June

- Players to play "more meaningful games" rather than more games but would travel significantly less

- England would play LESS games in Wenger's proposal, cutting the number of games from 44 in 2014-2018 to 43 and Argentina would play four less.

- Clubs would remain all important because there would still be an "80 to 20 per cent" balance towards domestic football

- There could be a major international tournament every summer as the World Cup would fit between the Euros and Copa America

FIFA are super confident of getting the plan voted through because they believe they have a huge majority of the 211 national associations on board supporting it. They also believe they have strong support in South America despite UEFA's claims to the contrary.

But FIFA's plan has caused uproar at UEFA as president Alexsandr Ceferin has voiced his opposition and the stand-off could turn as ugly between the two governing bodies as it did with the botched European Super League.

Wenger has held talks with England boss Gareth Southgate who believed the proposals have potential to be football's answer to The Hundred in cricket.

Wenger, in his role as FIFA's head of global development, believes the revamp could be the most significant shake-up in football for decades and insists the beautiful game should not be afraid just because it represents a break with tradition.

Frenchman Wenger, talking to a FIFA conference in Doha, said: "Today's (international calendar" is outdated and we have had overall a very positive response.

"By respecting the 80/20 balance I would sign with two hands if I was a club. Better separation will improve the quality on both sides.

"In my experience, players want to play more bigger games and fewer smaller games and this gives the opportunity to play the biggest tournament in the world every two years.

"It would also remove the stop-start nature of international football which, as a club manager, would annoy me the most. You have a set calendar when the games are played each year.

"The World Cup every four years was decided in the 1930s and it should not just carry on because of tradition. The Champions League is played every year and retains its prestige. This would be the same.

Arsene Wenger has stressed that less travelling for players is one positive to his new plans ( Image:

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"But it will be a very democratic decision and will be made the 211 countries affiliated to FIFA."

One of the key selling points will be that players will have to do less travelling, qualifiers will be split into mini Groups and it will be designed to give new and smaller countries a chance to qualify with the possibility of a sexindary tournament running in parallel.

Wenger said Lionel Messi's travelling would be cut from 301,747km in the 2014-2018 cycle to an estimated 137,037km in 2026-2028 if the plans were brought in because Argentina's qualifiers would be in blocks of games and would involve fewer trips from Europe to South America.

Manchester United legend Peter Schmeichel said: "If you are a successful player, you play until the very last stages of the competitions, if you don't get rest, you will burn out.

"It is very important. I am very positive about it. Everyone has been on board with the World Cup every two years.."

World Cup winner Ronaldo added: "The Champions League is a very prestigious event, it is conducted every year and retains its prestige."