The president of South America's football confederation said Wednesday he would support changing the 2015 Copa America venue from Brazil to Chile if the nations agree on it.
CONMEBOL president Nicolas Leoz said the two countries are negotiating to make the change and the confederation would allow it to happen.
''We will support whatever they decide,'' Leoz said.
Chile earlier this year said it wanted to host the tournament in 2015 to help the nation rebuild from the devastating earthquake that killed nearly 500 people in February.
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva initially said Brazil would agree to host the competition in 2019 instead of 2015. Brazil is hosting the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Leoz, in Brazil for the Copa Libertadores final between Brazil's Internacional and Mexico's Guadalajara, also praised the recent integration between South American and Mexican clubs.
''We always had an excellent relationship,'' Leoz said. ''This integration was needed and we want to expand it.''
The president said he is supportive of having Mexican clubs play again in the Copa Sudamericana, something that hasn't happened since 2009.
''It's up to the CONCACAF,'' Leoz said. ''The doors are open, there is nothing keeping them from playing again.''
The CONMEBOL reiterated that if Guadalajara, known as Chivas, wins the Copa Libertadores on Wednesday, it will automatically qualify for the Recopa Sudamericana.
Mexican clubs, invited to play in the competition since 1998, would still not earn a spot in FIFA's Club World Cup in Dubai. Internacional has already clinched that spot representing CONMEBOL, and Mexican clubs still must advance to the tournament through CONCACAF.
Leoz said he hopes South American teams will remain with a chance to qualify six teams to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The hosts are set to play, but Leoz said CONMEBOL would like to remain with the current format of four spots plus a playoff berth.
''We will fight to keep that system in place,'' Leoz said.
The president also confirmed that Japan is expected to play in the 2011 Copa America in Argentina on an invitation.
