The Football Association have expressed "serious reservations" about the proposal to play an extra round of Premier League fixtures abroad.

Earlier this month it was announced that Premier League clubs had unanimously agreed to further examine a proposal which would create a new round of 10 competitive fixtures to be played across the world over one weekend in January, beginning in the 2010-11 season.

The governing body will discuss the matter fully at a scheduled board meeting next Thursday, and have insisted they believe the proposal - criticised by Fifa president Sepp Blatter yesterday - has not yet harmed England's 2018 World Cup bid.