"This is a local issue so this a matter for Scotland and England first," said a Fifa spokesman.
"If everybody agrees for example there is no need for us to intervene.
"Now if there was a problem in this for many national organisations then we would have to step in, but that's all.
"If everybody agrees in a change then we would be happy to let that go."
This announcement certainly removes the first hurdle for any proposed move but there will no doubt be far more difficult hurdles to cross before it could become a reality.