Nigeria league clubs and the League Management Company are headed for another collision over plans for an abridged season.

Majority of the clubs kicked against such a plan last season and this forced the LMC to jettison it.

The clubs’ argument is that such a format would mean drastically reduced funding by their financiers.

The new 2013/2014 league season will begin in February immediately after the Championship of African Nations (CHAN) in South Africa.

The season will also be expected to end in May to allow for the preparation for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

Faced with a tight schedule, the LMC are now likely to split the 20-team championship into two groups with the top two clubs from each group clashing in a round-robin playoff to determine the league champions.

Club managers recently met in Abuja to insist on a formal notification on the year-long extension granted the LMC by the NFF congress in Warri.