Fifa not planning 64-team men’s World Cup despite Infantino’s Trump Tower summit

President met South American powerbrokers in NYC

World body would likely face opposition to 64-team plan

Fifa is not planning to expand the men’s World Cup to 64 teams for the centenary edition of the tournament in 2030, despite its president, Gianni Infantino, meeting a high-powered delegation of South America leaders to discuss the idea in New York.

Infantino met the Uruguayan and Paraguayan heads of state, the president of South American confederation, Conmebol, as well the presidents of the Argentinian, Uruguayan and Paraguayan federations at Fifa’s offices in Trump Tower, on Tuesday for the first formal discussions about a proposal that was raised informally by the Uruguayan Football Association at a Fifa Council meeting last March.