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Infantino pre Covid was pushing Nations Leagues for all the Confederations. From memory he quoted minnow nations like Nepal, Sri Lanka just didn't play enough.
Throw the OFC minnows in there as well.
Having NLs with different divisions would actually give these teams something meaningful to play for. Of course cynically it helps at FIFA elections that each nation gets a vote!
Anyway I can see FIFA (Infantino) trying to persuade AFC to incorporate OFC into a Nations League concept. But AFC would likely need a nice FIFA cash incentive to do it.
It's FIFA. It's Middle East countries. Who knows what little power plays could be happening behind the scenes.
Throw the OFC minnows in there as well.
Having NLs with different divisions would actually give these teams something meaningful to play for. Of course cynically it helps at FIFA elections that each nation gets a vote!
Anyway I can see FIFA (Infantino) trying to persuade AFC to incorporate OFC into a Nations League concept. But AFC would likely need a nice FIFA cash incentive to do it.
It's FIFA. It's Middle East countries. Who knows what little power plays could be happening behind the scenes.