FIFA's top brass have confirmed that they are strongly considering an expansion but that means extra hosts - how exactly will it work?
Football fans could be set for another twist in the long-running saga that is the 2022 World Cup in Qatar with FIFA officials hinting that the tournament could be expanded.
At a FIFA Council meeting in March 2019 FIFA president Gianni Infantino referred to a 'feasibility study' that had been published and distributed to council members which arrived at the conclusion that a 48-team World Cup was possible in 2022.