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Fifa's Congress has endorsed a proposal for Europe's top leagues to be reduced to a maximum of 18 clubs by the start of the 2007-8 season. The man behind this plan is, of course, Fifa president Sepp Blatter who also heads up the organisation's daft ideas department. One of his earlier schemes was for women footballers to play in skimpier shorts. Blatter said in relation to his latest scheme. 'We've been given the power to work on it. We'll do it. It'll give four more days to the international calendar.' However, he got short shrift from the Premiership. Spokesman Dan Johnson said, 'There's no appetite for this kind of change. The only people who are going to tell us how to run the Premier League are the league's 20 member clubs' chairmen. They are the only ones who can change the composition of the league and they are just not for going to go for this - no way.' Fifa's decision would also hit the Spanish, Italian and French leagues and could add fuel to the flames of the conflict between the top European clubs represented by G-14 and Fifa/Uefa.
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