Hell, FIFA and UEFA have ruined us all

European Championship 2028 Great Britain and Ireland. Although UEFA rules state that the hosts of Euro 2032 Turkey and Italy must be next to each other. The 2030 World Cup was awarded to Spain, Portugal and Morocco as the World Cup venue and domestic opener with consolation prizes to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Can I ask any questions after this? No, there were no press conferences, but the news was only leaked to a few journalists, and then various press releases were sent out. FIFA ruled that only countries from Asia and Oceania can bid for the 2034 World Cup. In 2034 it was not many minutes before Saudi Arabia and wider Asian support were on track.

“In retrospect, some leaks out.”

Yes, oh my god. The IOC has certainly under-delivered on the Olympics in recent times. The Paris and Los Angeles teams were awarded one instead of battling it out in 2024. Brisbane won the 2032 Olympics without anyone knowing, but of course Australian John Coates was a heavy influence. It’s a shake-up with absolutely no transparency and some leaks out the back.

Do you remember when newly-elected Gianni Infantino took a low-cost easyJet flight to the IFAB (Football Rules Authority) meeting in Cardiff? It was March 2016 and the Swiss somewhat surprisingly became FIFA president, marking a new beginning with the air election.

A year ago, FIFA president Sepp Blatter jumped ship after a police raid on the Baur au Lac five-star hotel. In the autumn of 2015, Uefa boss Michel Platini was in trouble when it came to light that a payment of two million Swiss francs from Blatter to Platini came to light.

“It’s really not that great”

There may have been many of us who believed in new systems under new leadership. Infantino, then 45, said on Saturday in March that easyJet was the best option for him: “We have to act like normal people and normal people.”

Half a year after EasyJet’s trip to Infantino, little-known Slovenian Aleksandar Ceferin was elected to take over as Uefa president. He was already backed by Carl-Erik Nilsson and his Nordic chair colleagues in June, and it is not even clear who will stand in the subsequent elections. The reason, as Norway’s Josimer put it, lay in the promises of elections for the executive committee and possible championships.

Ceferin was even harder to rule out from the start, nobody knew where the Slovenian stood. He took over a UEFA that had never excelled in democracy or transparency under Platini, who decided everything. Now it can get worse, can it? Maybe not, but it certainly hasn’t looked back.

At that time, transparency was essentially zero

When UEFA’s executive committee voted in March whether the Nordic countries or Switzerland would win the 2025 European Women’s Championship, there was essentially zero transparency. We got the vote numbers but we don’t know who voted for what. Built for impact. UEFA still scrapped the FIFA model in December 2010 after Russia and Qatar bought the 2018 and 2022 World Cups.

A press release came out about EC 2028 and EC 2032 Clarified UEFA Turkey will not challenge Great Britain and Ireland until 2028. So, UEFA’s executive committee will vote in Neon on Tuesday on the only options for 2028 and 2032.

Within FIFA, they progressed with congressional decisions surrounding the 2026 World Cup and Morocco were defeated by the trio of USA, Canada and Mexico at the FIFA Congress in Moscow. That was the decision by FIFA’s governing body this week when it awarded the 2030 World Cup with three matches to Portugal, Spain and Morocco and three World Cup spots to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. Similarly, WC 2034 can only go to Asia and Oceania.

“Everything is squeezed”

Everything is racing for Saudi Arabia to take care of the 2034 World Cup. It remains to be seen whether it will be the same with Egypt and Greece or only in Saudi Arabia. Australia, which wants to challenge Saudi Arabia for the 2034 World Cup, has until October 31 to bid with a government guarantee. Good luck!

FIFA is now adamant that it is the body’s conference that will consolidate decisions on the 2030 and 2034 World Cups into a single decision. You may wonder why? With candidates already floating around, Sweden and the other 210 member states don’t have much to vote on. Called fake democracy.

As a journalist you are unlikely to ask any questions. FIFA, celebrating its own transparency, has sent one Frequently asked questions about WC 2030 and WC 2034. Similar to customer service in any global company and where unreachable. Do you understand?

37 members of FIFA’s Executive Committee

Who sits on FIFA’s Executive Committee? Yes, there are 37 people in total. In addition to the FIFA base Infantino, Ceferin and seven vice-presidents from various confederations and And then various football players from all over the world. They earn between 250 and 300,000 dollars a year for their work and between 250 and 150 per day while they work.

In the email from FIFA, there was a short message below. Although Grafström grew up abroad, Mattias Grafström replaces outgoing Secretary General Fatma Samoura. As for Samura, he reportedly took the rest of the year off and Grafström is now acting as general secretary. He has been Deputy Secretary General but everything points to him getting the job.

Mattias Grafström previously worked with Infantino at Uefa and accompanied him to FIFA. He is an aide to the FIFA president who is occasionally singled out for doing some of the dirty work for the president. Grafström is always very pleasant when you meet him and perfect in his sharp Swedish, but questions about the interview are always deferred.

You have to realize that football’s governing body can travel like this because the power in the game is immense. Everyone around the world wants to stick to football and it is impossible to question. And while Sweden performed well in the championship, few want to remember some of the shortcomings or recall the problem. Ceferin & Co unfortunately won the battle.

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