FIFA has published the agenda for the Executive Committee meeting in Moroccan city Marrakech on December 18 and 19, which includes the item "proposal submitted by Theo Zwanziger".

Although world football's governing body has not expanded on the details of the proposal, German news agency Deutsche Presse-Agentur (DPA) has quoted Zwanziger claiming it would be to vote on publishing the 430-page report produced by Michael Garcia, FIFA's chief ethics investigator, after his 18-month probe into the process which saw Russia and Qatar named 2018 and 2022 World Cup hosts respectively.

"I would like to relax this ban, so the FIFA Executive Committee, as well as the public, is informed in an appropriate form of the contents of the investigation," the German told DPA.

Article 36 of the FIFA Code of Ethics currently prohibits the publication of the Garcia report, but this could be subject to amendment.

Hans-Joachim Eckert, chairman of the Adjudicatory Chamber of the FIFA Ethics Committee, previously published a 42-page statement but this was challenged by Garcia who claimed it contained misrepresentations of his investigation.

There have been several calls for Michael Garcia's 430-page report to be published in full ©Getty Images



Garcia and Eckert agreed last month that the former's report would be sent to the chairman of FIFA's Audit and Compliance Committee, Domenico Scala, who would in turn decide how much of the report would be sent to the Executive Committee.

The Executive Committee meeting agenda also mentions another item entitled "information from Domenico Scala". 

FIFA and Qatar World Cup organisers have been fending off allegations of corruption since the Gulf state was awarded the 2022 tournament in December 2010. 

Qatar, which has repeatedly denied the allegations, has also been criticised over its treatment of migrant workers in the construction industry.

Several Executive Committee members have called for the full Garcia report to be published, but FIFA has said it cannot do this for legal reasons.

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