Georgian chief Zviad Sichinava has proposed launching a joint league with neighbouring countries Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.

“This is the plan but we must first get the approval of both Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan,” Sichinava said.

He did not say how many teams might join the new league or when the project could get started.

Each of the three countries has a top-flight 12-team league at present. Kazakhstan’s season runs from March to November while Georgia and Azerbaijan follow a more traditional European calendar.

This was the latest proposal to start a joint league in the former Soviet Union.

In December, several top Russian clubs, including champions Zenit St Petersburg, big-spending Anzhi Makhachkala and CSKA Moscow, unhappy with the way the domestic game is run, unveiled a plan to break away from Russia’s top flight and start a joint venture with neighbouring Ukraine as early as next year.

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