FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has ruled out any compensation being paid to Europe's top leagues if the 2022 World Cup in Qatar is switched to the winter.

He also brushed off calls from clubs and leagues to postpone next month's decision on a switch to allow for further talks.

Fifa's executive committee will vote on rescheduling the tournament at a meeting in Zurich on October 4.

It follows an admission by the organisation's president, Sepp Blatter, that it may have been a mistake to award the event to Qatar - where summer temperatures can hit 50C.

There have been claims Europe's big leagues would demand compensation for any disruption caused to domestic club seasons if the World Cup was switched to winter, but Valcke said: "No. Compensation is a word you should never use."

Asked about the call to delay any vote, he said said a decision will be taken "in principle" by Fifa's executive committee - almost certainly in favour of a move - and after that he will work with football's stakeholders to work out the changes to the international calendar.

"We then have to finalise the agreement with the different parties - as long as all of these are not finalised it's not a firm, final decision, he added"

Valcke said he was confident of achieving an agreement with all parts of the game and promised a winter World Cup would not take place over Christmas. He also stressed that there was no intention of taking the tournament away from Qatar

The body which represents Europe's top clubs earlier said they were "open" to the possibility of a winter World Cup in 2022.

Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, chairman of the European Clubs' Association said: "The feeling is it is probably better to play it in winter.

"But I don't understand why FIFA would like to make an early decision. There is no hurry.

"We are requesting a solution which in the end does not affect our business too much."