Soccer-UEFA in no mood for compromise with FIFA over World Cup plan


FILE PHOTO: Soccer Football - Champions League - Group H - Chelsea v Zenit St Petersburg - Stamford Bridge, London, Britain - September 14, 2021 UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin before the match Action Images via Reuters/John Sibley

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - FIFA will hold a global summit next week to discuss their plans for holding the World Cup every two years but their biggest opponent, UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin, shows no sign of backing down.

Ceferin said his organisation had no agreed strategy for Monday's meeting, suggesting it would not be a defining moment in the process.

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