Infantino requires various World Cup has, talks down danger of brutality in Russia

The extended World Cup in 2026 could be facilitated by upwards of four nations, as indicated by FIFA president Gianni Infantino.

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has recommended upwards of four nations could together stage the extended World Cup in 2026 and asserted to be unconcerned about the risk of fan savagery in Russia in 2018.

Football's global administering body a month ago voted to build the quantity of groups contending in the quadrennial competition from 32 to 48, fundamentally adding to the infrastructural and calculated requests upon any nation wanting to have the occasion.

Japan and South Korea are the main countries to have together organized the opposition, doing as such in 2002.

The European Championship has been shared between two nations on three events, in 2000, 2008 and 2012, while Euro 2020 will be part over various areas on the mainland.

Also, Infantino, who pushed through that choice amid his time at UEFA, has now hailed the probability of the World Cup taking after a comparative pathway.

"We will encourage co-hosting for the World Cup because we need FIFA to show we are reasonable and we have to think about sustainability long-term," Infantino said in Doha. 

"It is perfectly in line with our sustainability and legacy to maybe bring together two, three, four countries who can jointly present a project with three, four, five stadiums each.

"We will certainly encourage it. Ideally the countries will be close to each other for the sake of ease of travel."

The FIFA president, who succeeded the disgraced Sepp Blatter 12 months ago, also brushed off concerns about the potential for fan violence at the next World Cup, after Russian supporters were accused of sparking significant issues at Euro 2016 in France.

"I'm not concerned about trouble and violence in 2018," he said.

"I have full confidence in [the] Russian authorities, they are taking this matter very, very seriously.

"They have been in contact with UEFA and French organisers to learn the lessons from France and this matter is being taken in the utmost seriousness by all.

"As part of this, the Russian government has put in place an ID system which will help us when it comes to any potential trouble. We need to be wary about spreading rumours about hooligans."

At last, Infantino affirmed he is trying to actualize the utilization of video innovation to help coordinate authorities in settling on choices at the following World Cup, however other potential standards changes remain a long haul prospect as it were. 

What's more, Infantino, who pushed through that choice amid his time at UEFA, has now hailed the probability of the World Cup taking after a comparable pathway.