FIFA’s latest comedy idea is to reorganise international football.
Plans include holding the World Cup and the regional confederation competitions every 2 years (e.g. even years would be the World Cup and odd years would be the regional confederation competitions) and as part of that the domestic leagues would all take a break for a month or two (eg. October/March have been suggested) to play all the international qualifying fixtures.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58506448
This is being done for the surely? Either that or the money.