Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger wants the football season to be synchronised around the world and has called on football's governing bodies to make it happen.
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The current setup means that clubs lose their African players mid-season for the African Cup of Nations in January.
A season starting at the end of January and ending in November would alleviate this predicament.
Wenger experienced such a campaign with Nagoya Grampus in Japan early in his career, and feels that it could be beneficial if implemented worldwide.
"I understand it looks completely strange as people have been educated the current way but I moved to Japan and the season was in January to November," he told the Gunners' website.
"We started training in January and after a while it was completely normal, it wasn't as big a shock as I expected it to be and I spent Christmas at home!
"[With a new calendar] you would not be confronted with these situations when players are playing in two different championships. You would play during the summer period in the best period for football to be played.
"Let's not forget the structure when it started. Non-professional football was during the holiday and you started to play football when people went back to work. We have passed that period now. The period of rest would be the same [in international football]. It wouldn't change the number of games.
"It would be a revolution but it would be easier to harmonise all the fixtures around the world and I am convinced FIFA and UEFA would be happy. And you could play a World Cup in Qatar, that is a reason maybe."
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