FIFA president Gianni Infantino has kept his own committees in the dark about the financial detail around plans to add two major competitions to an already saturated football calendar.
The Swiss-Italian has announced his proposals for an expanded 24-team World Club Cup and a global Nations League — building on the European model which starts in the autumn.
He has claimed the two initiatives will bring in $25billion from China, Saudi Arabia, Japan and the USA. Infantino has also promised to look at a request from South America that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar increases from 32 to 48 teams.