The Lega Serie A has announced an emergency meeting for Monday February 7 to elect a new President after Paolo Dal Pino resigned.
Officially Dal Pino handed in his resignation because he and his family are moving to California, but there has been a great deal of tension behind the scenes for months.
The 20 Serie A clubs will hold a meeting next Monday and try to elect a new President of the Lega.
If they are not able to reach an agreement, the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) run by Gabriele Gravina will take control and push through reforms.
Among other things, Gravina has urged Serie A to cut back from 20 teams to 18 or even 16.
He has also suggested possibly creating a play-offs system to decide the Scudetto and play-outs for relegation to Serie B.