An England or even Great Britain bid for the 2030 World Cup would be “ strongly supported” by Uefa, the governing body’ s president has pledged.
A n England or even Great Britain bid for the 2030 World Cup would be “strongly supported” by Uefa, the governing body’s president has pledged.
Aleksander Ceferin declared the UK “deserve” to stage the tournament, having already vowed to “fight” for a European host and block any attempt to award the tournament to China.
In an interview with the BBC ahead of Saturday night’s Champions League final, Ceferin said: “They deserve to have a World Cup in the near future.
“I don’ t know how much encouragement they need, but they are capable of organising the World Cup, I’ m sure. That’s the decision of the Football Association, and if they decide to go, we will strongly support them.”
England is one of the few countries capable of staging the World Cup in its entirety on what would be its 100th anniversary following its expansion to 48 teams from 2026.
