Next steps:
FIFA is almost certain to ratify these recommendations at its next summit in March whilst the majority of European leagues will no doubt voice their objections but go unheard or at least placated.
But given that UEFA, with Michel Platini in particular, is so supportive of the tournament it’s hard to see any way European clubs can further object.
That is unless they take the option of individually pulling out of FIFA and cause fractions and effectively a civil war to break out which could see the emergence of a separate football governing body. But that seems the most unlikely and desperate option available.