Premier League chief executive Richard Masters has insisted that the top flight will not reduce its number to 18 clubs, amid growing tensions with FIFA over the expanding football calendar.
Masters claims to be a supportive of the 'growth of the game' but he believes it should not come 'at the expense of domestic football'.
His comments come ahead of the start of the 2025-26 Premier League season, which is due to start on August 15, just four weeks after the previous campaign concluded after Chelsea's victory over Paris Saint-Germain in the revamped Club World Cup.