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Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF) completed a takeover of Newcastle United in 2021, and manager Eddie Howe said: "Our trips out there to Riyadh and Jeddah were two very different experiences. James Johnson, chief executive of Football Australia, admitted that his nation simply could not compete with the Saudis, whose power extends to what he said was the “disruption” of the European club game with the salaries being paid in the Saudi Pro League. The best chance for Fifa to obtain binding guarantees to protect workers' rights, ensure freedom of expression and prevent discrimination linked to the World Cup is during the host selection process - not after the hosts have been confirmed and tournament preparation has begun."

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Infantino ensured a clear run for the Asian confederation – and, by extension, Saudi – at 2034 by structuring the 2030 finals across three confederations – Europe, Africa and South America. The Fifa Club World Cup will be staged in Jeddah in December. The first of the expanded formats will be in the United States in 2025. This publication first appeared in 1887, produced by the Athletic News as a rival to the Football Annual. Like the older publication, it initially aimed to provided coverage of all football codes popular in England, including rugby football (both rugby union and rugby league after the codes split) in addition to association football. The final edition to date was published in the summer of 2022 for the 2022-23 season, as no deal could be agreed between the authors and prospective publishers for the 2023-24 edition. Football Australia withdrew from the 2034 bidding process on Monday night, clearing the way for Saudi, where daytime temperatures in Jeddah in June and July reach the high 30 Celsius. Although no final decisions have been made, and the official vote is not until next year’s Fifa Congress, there is no barrier to the second Middle Eastern World Cup finals in four editions of the tournament.

Johnson said: “We went into the process in 2010 [for the 2022 World Cup finals] and got one vote, as I am sure you remember. We don’t want to end up in a situation like that again. We have to be realistic: Saudi is a strong bid. They have a lot of resources, and not just the 2034 World Cup [bidding project]. PIF has taken control of four of the nation's top clubs - Al-Ahli, Al-Hilal, Al-Ittihad and Al-Nassr - in the Saudi Pro League, and Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema and Neymar are among the high-profile players to have joined the league, which was formed in 1976. It said: "Human rights commitments must be agreed with potential hosts before final decisions on holding the tournaments are made. Fifa said it will "conduct a targeted dialogue with bidders, to ensure complete, comprehensive bids are received and evaluated against the minimum hosting requirements as also previously approved by the Fifa Council.

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Despite receiving support from the Asian Football Confederation, Saudi Arabia would likely be viewed as a controversial host. Morocco, Portugal and Spain are the only bidders for the 2030 edition, with games also played in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Australia's governing body Football Australia says it intends to focus its efforts on hosting the Women's Asian Cup in 2026 and the Club World Cup in 2029. This dialogue will focus on the defined priority areas of the event vision and key metrics, infrastructure, services, commercial, and sustainability and human rights." The book has incorporated a number of illustrations for many years, and since 1948 these have regularly included team photos of a few of the previous season's most successful sides. Since 1985 the annual has also included very brief obituaries ('The Final Whistle') for selected former players and officials dying within the previous twelve months. [3] He also said hosting tournament would be offer an "open invitation to the world to experience our rich football culture". Transport Minister Clément Beaune says a lorry driver was killed when a tree fell on his vehicle in the Aisne region, much further inland.