Fans back for more frequent World Cups

Fifa says it has fan backing for the much-criticised plan to shift to a biennial World Cup after releasing a summary of the results of an opinion survey of supporters.

The proposals, which have been outlined by FIFA’s head of Global Football Development, former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, have been met with widespread opposition from within the game.

Fifa’s congress in May voted by a large majority to conduct a feasibility study into the potential of holding the World Cup every two years instead of every four years.

FIFA said it used polling company YouGov and that the 15,000 respondents “were identified as expressing an interest in football and the Fifa World Cup.