UEFA has set up a working group which will consider making changes to the format of international football, including the frequency of breaks and replicating the Swiss model for qualification.

There are concerns that the current format for World Cup and European Championship qualifiers lacks jeopardy and is not an attractive enough proposition for fans or broadcasters.

In developments first reported by The Times , a recent meeting of the 55 European federation general secretaries held in Spain was told that a working group of UEFA's National Teams Competitions Committee has been set up to look at the options.

The committee is chaired by the president of the French Football Federation Phillipe Diallo and has 28 members, including FA chief executive Mark Bullingham and Scottish FA chief

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