December 22 – UEFA is reported to be getting increasingly frustrated over lack of sufficient guarantees by the UK and Ireland’s bid to host Euro 2028.
The Times newspaper says that while rivals Turkey have signed off all the necessary guarantees, the UK and Ireland are lagging behind.
The joint bid was submitted last month with 14 venues across five countries selected to host the matches.
Nine of the venues are in England but the Tottenham Hotspur stadium is one of the sticking points due to naming rights
UEFA insist that only “clean”, unbranded stadiums can host European Championship matches. But Tottenham have been in talks with Google among a host of other companies.
Manchester City have apparently agreed to rename the Etihad Stadium as the City of Manchester Stadium throughout the period of the proposed tournament in order to avoid a similar breach while the Aviva Stadium in Dublin will be known as the Dublin Stadium.
An agreement is yet to be reached with Spurs who are reported to be working with UEFA to find “an acceptable solution”.
The UK and Ireland also reportedly need to respond over guarantees surrounding policing, night flights and airports, and income tax exemptions.
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