Survey finds 75 per cent of players want World Cup every four years

Three-quarters of players favour World Cups continuing to be staged every four years, according to a new survey (Owen Humphreys/PA)

Seventy five per cent of players want the World Cup to remain an event played every four years, according to a new survey.

FIFA is proposing to cut the gap between its showpiece tournaments to two years as part of wider reforms of the international match calendar.