Fifa's plans to host a football World Cup every two years are met with great rejection by the German Football Association (DFB).
FC Bayern and Borussia Dortmund would be particularly affected.
Munich / Frankfurt am Main - The dispute between the world football association Fifa and the European football association Uefa is entering the next round.
Right in the middle: the German Football Association (DFB) *.
This time there is a dispute over Fifa's polarizing plans to host the football World Cup every two years in the future.
Football World Cup: Controversial plans of Fifa - DFB is against it
"The DFB * fully supports the Uefa's position that a decision on such an important matter cannot be made without the consent of the European associations and European football," said a statement published by the association after a meeting of the executive committee. It is "incomprehensible" that initially "so-called FIFA legends" and not the own Council members were consulted.
"Like all other European national associations, leagues and clubs, the DFB is most affected by the reform models that are obviously being discussed in Doha," the statement said.
Such a change, which could take effect from 2026, would have "massive effects on football in Germany, in Europe, but also worldwide".
After all, so far either a world championship or an EM has been held every two years.
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The physical and mental strain on national players "would be immense in view of a major annual tournament alternating between world and European championships and a month-long term in October and would lead to a significantly increasing risk of injury," the DFB continued.
In addition, an immediate radical change in the global calendar would "collide with the long-term contracts of the DFB and UEFA".
Soccer World Cup: Controversial plans of Fifa - FC Bayern and BVB would be particularly affected
As usual, FC Bayern Munich * and Borussia Dortmund * have many national players from the Bundesliga *. The greats of German football * have not yet commented on the controversial Fifa plans. The DFB has now made it clear that German football has no interest in such mental games by Fifa.
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