Fifa president Sepp Blatter has held informal talks which could see the Premiership reduced to 18 teams and FA Cup replays being scrapped.
Blatter would ideally like to see domestic leagues down to 16 clubs.
"You have an FA Cup and League Cup and still the old tradition of replays in the FA Cup," said Blatter.
"This was mentioned in a meeting with the Football Association and Premier League. If there were no cup replays you can have 18 teams."
He added: "We want to make sure there are not too many dates for national competitions.
"We should have between 43 and 47 dates for domestic football. Players should not play more than 60 games a year."
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