FA urge Premier League rethink

owever, the Premier League will press ahead with the visit to Zurich to see FIFA president Sepp Blatter, an arch-critic of the plans, on Thursday.A chairman Lord Triesman will accompany the league's chief executive Richard Scudamore, but he has made it clear the prospect of each club playing a 39th game in a foreign city would threaten fixture congestion and damage their relations with FIFA and UEFA during the campaign for the 2018 World Curiesman said: "At the moment, we have not seen a sustainable plan to which we can agree."If the Premier League has things it wants to say about changes or new viants, well then come forward."But personally, I would prefer it happened sooner rather than later because I don't want this to drift on, particularly as we are to launch our World Cup bid (for 2018)."It is understood that there was almost unanimous agreement among the board members that the League's proposals could not be supported in their current format.League bosses remain insistent however they are not going to abandon their plan for a year-long consultation on the proposals.A Premier League spokesman said: "We are pleased that the FA shares our opinion that the proposed Premier League international round merits full consideration and consultation.

"The issues raised - sanction, fixture calendar, sporting criteria and stakeholder consultation - remain the ones we identified, with our member clubs, as being critical to the progress of the proposal."