The project can be announced this Wednesday at UEFA headquarters in Nyon, where Luis Rubiales and Fernando Gomes will appear
Ukraine will join Spain and Portugal’s joint candidacy to host the 2030 World Cup, as revealed on Tuesday by the prestigious ‘The Times’, indicating that the country currently at war with Russia would be responsible for hosting the matches of one of the groups in the first phase.
The prestigious newspaper says the idea has the support of Ukrainian President Volodímir Zelensky and of the governments of the two Iberian countries in a proposal that “takes advantage of the idea that football can restore hope and peace”.
This award for Europe’s options to host the World Cup in eight years could be announced this Wednesday in Nyon (Switzerland), the UEFA headquarters where the Spanish Football Federation (FEF) and the Federation (FPF) are planning a wheel press conference to “update information” on this candidacy, in the presence of their respective presidents, Luis Rubiales and Fernando Gomes.
This news is far from being denied, but is implicitly confirmed by Spanish Football Federation sources. «This Wednesday there is a press conference in Switzerland with the leaders of the Iberian candidacy. Everything will be on display there », they tell this medium from the Ciudad del Fútbol de Las Rozas.
The Times makes it clear that while security guarantees would be needed in Ukraine, by the time the infrastructure is in place to host that World Cup it is to be expected that the Russian invasion will be just a sad and tragic memory and the country will have begun its reconstruction.
It should be remembered that in 2012, Ukraine already co-hosted with Poland, a border country, the European Championship that the Spanish team conquered, and after the World Cup this year in Qatar and in 2026 in the United States, Mexico and Canada , the great chances to return to Europe.
In addition to the Iberian project, currently only those of Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay and Chile have been made official, who want to bring the event to South America and take advantage of the 100 years of its first edition on Uruguayan soil, while the other option is being considered, a joint offer between Greece, Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Source: La Verdad
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