Fifa president Sepp Blatter has told the BBC that the timing of the
Africa Cup of Nations must be changed.
Blatter said that by 2016, the biennial tournament must be held in
June and July like other major tournaments.
Earlier this week, the Confederation of African Football (Caf)
insisted that the competition will continue to kick off in
January.
There have been frequent complaints from European clubs who lose
key players to the tournament.
"This is a tradition, but one should have now the courage to go
into the international calendar and see if it's not possible to
deal with it," said Blatter.
"We put a target for 2016 that by that time the international
calendar must be definitely in accordance with the interests of
everybody."
Around 40 African players in the English Premier League will be in
Ghana for the Nations Cup.
Caf has maintained that the June weather in much of Africa is not
ideal for football.
There would also be the problem of a clash with the World Cup every
four years, but Blatter suggested that the Nations Cup could be
moved to odd years.
