Two of the biggest countries in world football, England (1966) and Spain (1982), have hosted it only once. Surely one of them has to be in line to give it another go soon.
Well, yeah but Spain are going to get the biggest chunk of the matches in 2030. You look at the grounds that they're thinking of using and it's 13 in Spain, 6 in Morocco and 2 in Portugal. Wager that they'll get at least half the games, and the final.
So then it will just be England out in the cold.......
Also, if FIFA stick to their rules (no guarantees there), then for 2038, you would have to rule out every country in Asia, Europe, Africa and South America. And I believe Australia counts as Asia still. New Zealand doesn't have big enough stadia to do it.....nor does any nation in Central America or the Caribbean.
Would anyone be surprised if it was USA again in 2038? More sponsorship money here than anywhere else......
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