<P> In October 2013, Sepp Blatter spoke of guaranteeing the Caribbean Football Union's region a position in the World Cup . In the edition of 25 October 2013 of the FIFA Weekly Blatter wrote that: "From a purely sporting perspective, I would like to see globalisation finally taken seriously, and the African and Asian national associations accorded the status they deserve at the FIFA World Cup . It cannot be that the European and South American confederations lay claim to the majority of the berths at the World Cup ." Those two remarks suggested to commentators that Blatter could be putting himself forward for re-election to the FIFA Presidency . </P> <P> Following the magazine's publication, Blatter's would - be opponent for the FIFA Presidency, UEFA President Michel Platini, responded that he intended to extend the World Cup to 40 national associations, increasing the number of participants by eight . Platini said that he would allocate an additional berth to UEFA, two to the Asian Football Confederation and the Confederation of African Football, two shared between CONCACAF and CONMEBOL, and a guaranteed place for the Oceania Football Confederation . Platini was clear about why he wanted to expand the World Cup . He said: "(The World Cup is) not based on the quality of the teams because you don't have the best 32 at the World Cup...but it's a good compromise...It's a political matter so why not have more Africans? The competition is to bring all the people of all the world . If you don't give the possibility to participate, they don't improve ." </P> <P> In October 2016 FIFA president Gianni Infantino stated his support for a 48 - team World Cup in 2026 . On 10 January 2017, FIFA confirmed the 2026 World Cup will have 48 finalist teams . </P> <P> By May 2015, the games were under a particularly dark cloud because of the 2015 FIFA corruption case, allegations and criminal charges of bribery, fraud and money laundering to corrupt the issuing of media and marketing rights (rigged bids) for FIFA games, with FIFA officials accused of taking bribes totaling more than $150 million over 24 years . In late May, the U.S. Justice Department announced a 47 - count indictment with charges of racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy against 14 people . Arrests of over a dozen FIFA officials were made since that time, particularly on 29 May and 3 December . By the end of May 2015, a total of nine FIFA officials and five executives of sports and broadcasting markets had already been charged on corruption . At the time, FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced he would relinquish his position in February 2016 . </P>

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