Report: La Liga to fight FIFA World Cup expansion

FIFA chief Gianni Infantino announced Tuesday a plan to expand the 2026 World Cup to 48 teams, and while the governing body's top official and his staffers may be elated with the plan, others are not.

Among those discontent with the decision by FIFA's president is the Spanish League, with Sky Sports reporting that a senior official at the offices of the group responsible for Spanish domestic play compelled to do whatever possible to block the FIFA council's expansion.

La Liga, which falls under the Spanish League umbrella, warned Infantino prior to Tuesday's vote that it would take legal action. Infantino was also told that Europe's leagues were to be consulted in advance of his ruling to consider the potential impact of a World Cup expansion on professional footballers.

According to La Liga, that consultation did not happened.

"We are not happy at all. We are providing extra players but we have not been consulted. We are looking at ways in which we can challenge today's decision," the Spanish League source told Sky Sports.

With the World Cup set to expand by 16 teams, the rise in players each club will send to the summer quadrennial tournament will amount to a 50 percent increase.

After La Liga was responsible for 68 players at the 2014 World Cup, fourth behind the Premier League (118), Serie A (96), and the Bundesliga (89), the Spanish League's position is an understandable one.

Other countries and football federations have expressed similar concerns, with the European Club Association and sources in Germany sharing the same disdain for Infantino's decision.

On the other side of the coin are nations and federations who routinely struggle to qualify for the World Cup, with Scotland, who last qualified in 1998, an example of those whose hopes are buoyed by Infantino's call for expansion.