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Premier League to stand firm
The Premier League are ready to lock horns with Fifa over the world governing body's plans to cut the English top flight from 20 to 18 teams.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Thursday that he wanted to pass a motion ensuring all leagues across the globe were limited to a ceiling of 18 teams.
Blatter believes the move will end the arguments between clubs and countries over releasing players for international duty, as it will provide more free days in the calendar and reduce fixture congestion.
The Premier League lowered their ceiling from 22 to 20 teams in 1995, but they will fight any moves by Fifa to force another cull.
"Sepp Blatter cannot enforce this," stated Premier League spokesman Dan Johnson. "There's only one group of people who decide the make-up of the Premier League and that's the 20 clubs.
"There is no appetite for them as a collective to reduce the size and Fifa cannot force it on us.
"We reduced the size of the league from 22 clubs to 20 in 1995-96, and since then Uefa have expanded the Champions League, Fifa have expanded the World Cup and brought in the Confederations Cup and World Club Championship, so it's a bit rich for anyone to talk about reducing the number of matches.
"We are the only people who have done so."
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