Crucial FIFA summit on future of football taking place online – well it is 1am in Guam… pic.twitter.com/J4GSOJacYr
— Martyn Ziegler (@martynziegler) December 20, 2021
It looks like FIFA’s plan to run the World Cup every 2 years is picking up steam, with heads of football associations around the world meeting via Zoom this week to discuss the possibility. Not that Guam’s Marvin Iseke is too bothered either way, from the looks of things. The General Secretary of Guam’s Football Association completely conked out in the middle of talks involving FIFA’s Chief of Global Football Development Arsene Wenger and other high-ranking football representatives from around the world.
In fairness, can you blame him? The meeting did take place at 1AM his time and it’s not like Guam have a hope in hell of qualifying for the World Cup anytime soon anyway. If you think about it, it’s the perfect time for old Marvin to catch a few Z’s while those with skin in the game talk the finer details. No wonder he turned up to the meeting looking like someone’s dad on holiday FFS.
As for the World Cup taking place every 2 years, it seems there’s a lot of resistance to the idea on social media, but Arsene Wenger insists this reaction is based on “emotion” rather than facts – which is that the people want more big sporting events. IMO a 4-year break between each one is perfect, especially with the Euros taking place between them, but what do I know? I’m just a lowly fan. Seems we better start getting used to the idea.
