FIFA may be open to 'cross-border' leagues - Infantino

FIFA has always opposed attempts to create multinational leagues. [Courtesy]

FIFA could drop its long-standing opposition to cross-border leagues, as it looks to help countries who are struggling to compete with the giants of the game, president Gianni Infantino said on Friday.

FIFA has always opposed attempts to create multinational leagues, saying that the basis of the game was the national competition.