Fifa set to back quota proposal
Fifa president Sepp Blatter is still keen to implement his 6+5 ruling
Fifa president Sepp Blatter expects his "six plus five" proposal on foreign players to be endorsed by the ruling body's congress later this week.
His plan would limit the number of foreign players in each team to five.
Blatter wants the rule in place by 2012 but is keen to work with the European Union and Uefa to make it a reality.
He said: "It's to make sure there is better balance and not only three or four teams in a league of 18 or 20 fighting to be champions."
Blatter also said that Fifa would work with other team sports to realise this objective
BBC sports editor Mihir Bose
Blatter, in Sydney for Fifa's annual conference, said rules restricting the number of foreign players could start in the 2010/11 season, with a minimum of four home-grown players being required in each team.
He expects it to grow to six, with a maximum of five foreigners, by 2012/13 - and claims the plan has the backing of key European delegates.
Blatter pointed to the Premier League's dominance in this season's Champions League as an example of why the idea must be implemented - but stressed Fifa would proceed "within the law".
He said: "As Newcastle manager Kevin Keegan recently said: 'I can only start my season to fight to be fifth or sixth or seventh. It is impossible for me to go into the final four'.
"At the end of the Champions League in Europe you have in the quarter-finals four teams of the same association (country); in the semi-finals three of these teams. I'm convinced, now the confederations are in favour of such a proposed solution, it is a possibility
"Then in the final you are surprised that you have two teams of the same association? We want to bring some remedies and this is the six-plus-five rule's objective."
Blatter is convinced the proposal will be accepted when it is voted on by Fifa's congress later this week.
He said: "The executive committee unanimously supported the proposed resolution concerning the six-plus-five rule.
"We've had confirmation by all the confederations, including Europe, that everybody favours the objectives of the six-plus-five.
"I'm convinced, now the confederations are in favour of such a proposed solution, it is a possibility. But we should do it not with confrontation but in discussions to try and find a solution.
"We would start, step by step, with four plus seven in 2010 and then 2011 five (plus six), then 2012 six (plus five)."
"We've just seen Manchester United's starting 11 in Moscow with six players eligible for the English team on the pitch. And they won - not bad."
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