Fifa to offer extra £2.6bn for football development

Fifa president Gianni Infantino will be standing for re-election in March [Getty Images]Fifa is set to propose a $3.4bn (£2.6bn) increase in the amount of money it hands out for football development across the world.World football's governing body wants to release the money from its reserves in a move which BBC Sport has been told would double the level of planned distribution funding for 2027-2030.The proposal will be made at a meeting of Fifa's council on Thursday and comes at a time whe