FIFA are pledging to abolish rapid turnarounds between matches that severely threaten player welfare by proposing a mandatory 72-hour break.
The move would wreak havoc with the schedule for clubs who feature in the Europa or Conference League but comes amid widespread concern over workloads across a season.
Under the plans, Crystal Palace's hectic pre-Christmas run of three matches in six days – that has provoked rancour with Carabao Cup quarter-final opponents Arsenal – would be a thing of the past.
FIFA say they met with 30 players' unions at a summit in Morocco, although that did not include world representatives for professionals FIFPRO, who claimed the organisation was promoting 'fake unions'.