46 years old Gianno Infantino has revealed Fifa plan of extending participating countries of World Cup to 40 in ten years time to come.
The president of FIFA who was in Nigeria alongside his General secretary Fatma Samoura on a visit.
Speaking to the press after watching an U-13 exhibition match in Abuja today, he said; "In regards to the expansion of the World Cup and number of slots for African countries and those other countries around the World.
"I believe for the World Cup 2026, because World Cup 2018 and 2022 are already decided, there should be 40 teams.
"And out of the eight more there should be at least two slots for African teams.
"This is what i declared during my campaign and as you know I’m not a dictator but a democratically elected Fifa president, so I have to speak to everyone and listen to everyone as well.
He continued: "The first was the reforms and they have been implemented. The second is for us to should invest more for football development.
"We have done through by increasing the development fund by four for each member association which had been significantly increased.
"I promised that the secretary general shouldn't be an European as it was the case in the core history of Fifa.
"The secretary general is African with Samoura and this is good for Africa. It is about time we try to follow words."
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