2030 World Cup: Infantino Supports Spain, Portugal Joint Bid

2030 World Cup: Infantino Supports Spain, Portugal Joint Bid By Sampson Adedeji Spain and Portugal on Thursday made an official announcement of their intention to co-host the 2030 World Cup, BSNSports.com.ng can reports. The moment the two countries officially announced their joint candidacy, FIFA President Gianni Infantino refer to it as a solid bid. During a forum organized by the Spanish Press Agency (EFE), the FIFA president praised the joint candidacy of Portugal and Spain. “The FIFA president does not have the right to vote, the 211 countries vote, but Spain and Portugal are two football countries and they will do a solid, robust and important application. ”Said Gianni Infantino. The Swiss leader is delighted with the renewed interest observed on the part of many countries to host the competition. “It means that people have confidence in FIFA's procedures, which was not the case before. "Today, it's like that because we conducted the vote for the World Cup 2026 as an open, transparent and public process, in which there are not 20 men in a closed room who vote." "Everything is open, audited and the votes are public and transparent," he boasts, while assuring the candidates that the process will be of absolute integrity and transparency.