The UEFA Nations League will feature all 10 South American countries from the 2024 edition onwards, according to UEFA vice-president Zbigniew Boniek.

The (mad) move is clearly in conflict with FIFA's planned biennial World Cup, with UEFA and CONMEBOL uniting to sign a renewed and extended Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday, which will see the federations open "a shared UEFA/CONMEBOL office in London and the potential organisation of a variety of football events."

Earlier this year it was confirmed that the first ‘Copa EuroAmerica’ "Finalissima" between winners of the UEFA European Championship, Italy, and the Copa America, Argentina, will be held at a stadium in London on June 1, 2022.

Boniek has indicated that the six top-ranked South American nations – Argentina, Brazil and most likely Colombia, Chile, Peru and Uruguay – would feature in League A of the UEFA Nations League, inso pairing them up against Europe's elite in Spain, Germany, England and France.

This would see 22 nations in League A and 20 in League B, while both currently hold 16 teams to create four groups of four nations – with all the games expected to take place in Europe.

Speaking about the game-changing switch up, Boniek said: "This is the last UEFA Nations League in this format. We had a meeting with CONMEBOL, the confederation of South American countries. From 2024, teams from this continent will join the competition.

"In what format will it be? We're still working on it. The schedule of matches for the national teams is restricted so you can't mix it up too much."

There is still no certified arrangement of FIFA's international match calendar from 2024 onwards, but there remains a conflict of opinions between football's major governing bodies about the future of major international tournaments around the world.