Last Updated: Wed, 07 May 2008 11:18
FIFA President Sepp Blatter says a quota system is needed to prevent a monopolisation by football's richest clubs.
The Champions League has been dominated by the English Premier League sides over the last two seasons, with three teams making it to the last four, while there will be an all-English final this time around in Moscow.
Blatter fears that the bigger clubs are restricting the growth of domestic talent by buying up all the best players from around the world, and he wants the sport to introduce a rule whereby only five foreign players can start a match.
Blatter, who is to seek a mandate from the FIFA Congress over talks with the European Union later this month, told a conference call: "Shall we let the rich become richer and say nothing?
"The big money is coming out of the Champions League - it's the biggest league in the world and practically 80% of the income goes to the directly to the 32 participating clubs.
"This season, there were four English teams in the last eight, three in the semi-finals and two in the final.
"The Champions League has been very successful financially but it has also favoured national inequality. That's why, being in charge of football, I have to bring this item to the attention of the Congress.
"This is the sporting situation but let us start with our idea of the six-plus-five rule and then we will see what the difference will be in the future.
"This rule will be fighting against the monopolies of clubs and leagues.
"But we are not fighting the problem of money but for the identity of national teams."