Will Nasri be allowed to wear a snood on the pitch for much longer?
Goal-line technology, extra assistants and, of all things, snoods are on the International Football Association Board's agenda for their next meeting.
Snoods have been put under any other business for when football's lawmakers meet on 5 March and, to the horror of some stars, may be banned.
Samir Nasri, Carlos Tevez and Emmanuel Adebayor are all fans of the winter fashion accessory.
"We want a debate whether it could be dangerous," said a Fifa spokesman.
"There may be a safety issue - if for example a player was running through on goal and an opponent grabbed his snood, that could pose a potential danger to his neck."
They've all gone soft
Roy Keane on players wearing snoods
Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has claimed snoods help prevent injury to his players, while his Manchester United counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson has banned his players from wearing them.
United centre-back Rio Ferdinand has said on social networking website Twitter: "You won't see a Man Utd player wearing a snood."
Former Old Trafford midfielder Roy Keane is also not a fan of snoods.
He said of players wearing the snood: "They've all gone soft. I don't know how they do it and focus on the game, it's weird. That's the way the game's gone."
On the subject of fashion, Fifa also wants to make sure that if a player wears tights then they are the same colour as their shorts.
The introduction of 'vanishing spray' - which allows the referee to mark out a line a defensive wall from a set piece should not cross - is also up for debate.
The spray is used in Brazil and South America and evaporates after a minute.
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