GENEVA -- The European Club Association (ECA) has called on FIFA president Gianni Infantino to reconsider plans to expand the World Cup to 48 teams.
The ECA, which is made up of 220 of Europe's top clubs, said the number of games played each season "has already reached an unacceptable level."
"In the interest of the fans and the players, we urge FIFA not to increase the number of World Cup participants," ECA chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said.
Rummenigge wrote to Infantino ahead of a possible Jan. 10 decision on expansion from the current 32-team format by the Infantino-chaired FIFA Council.