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FA chief doubts Prem proposal

21 Feb 2008 - 16:42:36

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The Football Association have placed a further block on the Premier League's plans to play games overseas in the coming seasons, calling the current proposal unsustainable.

The FA's hierarchy discussed the plan at a board meeting on Thursday, but reports suggest that they were concerned that the so-called '39th game' would need to be changed fundamentally for it to win approval.

FA chairman, Lord Triesman, told Sky Sports News: "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 variants, well then they will 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).

"In general I think uncertainty is not very helpful if it goes on for any length of time, but that is a matter for them.

"The whole of the process, I think, certainly does require some fresh thinking and some really substantive answers to the questions posed."