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Hugo Lloris, Tottenham goalkeeper, and Paul Pogba, Manchester United midfielder, helped France win 2018's World Cup.
To accommodate the 2022 Qatar World Cup, the Premier League could take a seven-week break during their season in 2022-23.
On Wednesday, it was suggested that the next campaign would end after the weekend of 11/12 before fixtures resume on 26/12.
The season will also begin one week earlier than usual on 6 August, and end one week later on 28 April.
This would mean that both the Champions League finals and FA Cup finals would be moved into June.
At a shareholder's meeting, a calendar was shown to the clubs.
The World Cup will run from 21 November to 18 Dec, and Fifa, the global governing body, has already specified that players must be released by 14 November.
This would have eliminated seven rounds of Premier League matches and the final two Champions League group stage matches from this season’s calendar.
Uefa plans to finish the group stage of next season’s competition before the World Cup. This will cause more fixture congestion. It would be similar in format to the one that was held last year, which began late due to the shutdown of 2019-20.
Because temperatures can soar to 50C during the summer, the Qatar World Cup will be held in November and December.
