Spain and Portugal accused of 'leveraging' Ukraine situation to aid World Cup bid

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Spain and Portugal accused of 'leveraging' Ukraine situation to aid World Cup bid
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Simon Jordan believes that Spain and Portugal are leveraging Ukraine’s plight by involving them in their bid to host the 2030 World Cup. With the football world keen to support Ukraine amid t…

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“If the position of Ukraine is that they’re able to cater for a World Cup they should have the right to cater for it on their own individual merits. “Would Spain and Portugal be asking Ukraine to join their triumvirate if there wasn’t this situation involving the illegal invasion by Russia? They wouldn’t be, would they? There would be no synergy.Jordan believes that Spain and Portugal have only invited Ukraine to be a part of the bid in order to improve their chancesAsked if he would rather see Spain/Portugal or Saudi Arabia hosting the 2030 World Cup, Jordan said: “Neither of the above.

“It would be a nice thing if the Ukrainians are in a fit position as a country to have a legitimate claim for being part of a World Cup bid.“We don’t need a charitable extension of that, we need the Ukrainians to be treated with equality and fairness, including by the Russians.”

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