England's bid to stage the 2030 men's World Cup could be complicated by Fifa's willingness to listen to the radical idea of hosting what would be their Centennial tournament across two continents.

Fifa president Gianni Infantino has said that he is ready to shake up football’s competition structures and outlined a priority of growing football globally so that more countries could win the men's World Cup.

Asked whether the 2026 tournament in the United States and Mexico could even be followed up in 2030 with bigger distances across two continents, he said: “I respect the will of the people. If the will of the people will be to change, to be more open, be more inclusive of different parts of the world at the same time maybe we should do it. We still have time. The decision for 2030 will be taken in 2024. For me, as Fifa president, the more bidders we have the happier I am.”

The Football Association has the support of the new Conservative government to host the tournament for the first time since 1966 while Morocco and a joint bid by Argentina and Uruguay have also been strongly mooted.

Speaking at the annual AIPS congress in Budapest, Infantino also predicted that Qatar would be ready to stage the 2022 World Cup in a timescale ahead of any previous host. Fifa is also interested in exploring both whether the women’s World Cup should be staged every two years and an inaugural women's Club World Cup.

With Fifa to introduce a new 24-team men's Club World Cup in the summer of 2021, Infantino was adamant that it was for football to collectively address problems of fixture congestion and he wants to discuss a new calendar that allows space for club, continental and greater world competition. “We are not on a business of first come first served,” he said. “There are world clubs - they have a fan base around the world. There is a demand.”