The English FA first confirmed that they were in talks with home nations over a UK-wide bid to host 2030 World Cup in 2018, but there has been no submitted bid since. "I would love for the home of football to host the 2030 World Cup, and it would be a wonderful thing for the whole country to savour. (Image: Twitter@)Did Sunday's scenes at Wembley wreck the chances of a UK and Ireland World Cup bid? Saudi Arabia - the world’s largest exporter of oil - currently hosts the Italian FA competition Supercoppa Italiana and such close ties between the two could launch a World Cup bid. Any Saudi involvement in a World Cup bid - like Qatar before them - is likely to provoke controversy due to their record on human rights, media freedoms and religious tolerance.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 16, 2021 14:37 UTC