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Peter Crouch says the World Cup would 'lose prestige' if hosted every two years and he might have missed out on making his England debut... while Rio Ferdinand likes the idea but feels the football calendar 'needs cleaning up'

Peter Crouch and Rio Ferdinand disagreed over whether FIFA should go ahead with plans to have a World Cup every two years.

Former Arsenal boss, Arsene Wenger, now FIFA's head of global football development, has developed the idea and has begun consulting former players and coaches.

In his proposal, international qualification matches would be consolidated into one or two windows and there would be a tournament at the end of each season, with the World Cup taking place every two years.

FIFA are looking into plans to change the World Cup so that it is run every two years
Peter Crouch feels the competition would lose prestige if it does change to every two years

Ahead of the lunch time kick-off between Crystal Palace and Tottenham, former England internationals Crouch and Ferdinand debated the topic.