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This Week on Football Planet – A FIFA agenda in Nigeria, Under 20 bliss & more

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A week of high level talks, giants falling off dreams, Football Planet returns to your screens with a show with packed fun.

In Nigeria, 17 African Football Associations have met to have a football intellectual feast. Their guests? Two of the most important people in Football now; FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and General Secretary Fatma Samoura.

Ghanaian FA head Kwesi Nyantakyi joined other colleagues for the all important meeting. He joins us for a chat.

At the same meeting, Infantino talks additional two World Cup finals slots for Africa should the tournament expand to 40 teams from 2026.

Ghana and Nigeria missed out on key slots for next year’s African Under 20 Youth Championships in Zambia. We have all the news on that plus more.

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Football Planet is for you. We want to share your opinions on our programme. If you want to contribute to Football Planet, here are the best ways to get in touch : For more details on how to contribute, click here.