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Infantino on World Cup plans: Europe has one twice a week

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FIFA boss Gianni Infantino has criticized European behaviour amid the debate over whether the World Cup should be held every two years instead of every four. “We see that football develops in a direction when some have everything and the majority have nothing,” the president of the global football governing body told the European Council in Strasbourg on Wednesday. “In Europe the World Cup takes place twice a week because the best players in the world play in Europe.” Even within Europe it was pointed out there are large disparities with a handful of elite leagues drawing the majority of top p…

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