Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, who was in charge of running the candidacy, informed the football associations of Greece and Egypt on Thursday night that his country is withdrawing from the joint bid for hosting the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Saudi Arabia were hoping to earn the rights to organize the World Cup together with Greece and Egypt to bypass the rules that are not favourable to them.Don’t go with the flow: Bernardo Silva prefers Barca over Saudi ArabiaOne of the rules when awarding the organization is that the World Cup cannot be played in countries from the same continent in the span of eight years or less. As Qatar hosted the last World Cup (as Asia’s representative), it meant that Saudi Arabia could not hope to host the World Cup in 2030. Although a great friend of the Arab world, FIFA president Gianni Infantino did his best to help to change that strict rule, but, eventually, it didn’t happen. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7334762####EDITORS_CHOICE##Then the Arabs came up with the idea of trying to organize with Egypt and Greece, which are from different continents. Alas, it didn’t work either…As per reliable Spanish Marca, the Saudis decided to withdraw because of the competition. Let us remind you that there are two more candidacies for hosting the World Cup in 2030. The first is a joint one of Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Ukraine. Benzema got company: Kante moves to the desertMarca explains that this candidacy has the best chances and that they are the favourite because of the Spanish lobby in the world of football. The second candidacy is a joint project of Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay and Chile. The South Americans are hoping that FIFA could honour their tradition and history by awarding them the World Cup on the 100th anniversary of the first World Cup, which was held in Montevideo in 1930.
