England cash cow sees 2018 World Cup bid trimmed into 15/8
Published:Monday night’s Panorama expose may have damaged England’s 2018 World Cup bid, but the news that England will line FIFA’s pockets with gold may hand the advantage to England.
As the two Davids (Cameron and Beckham) and Prince William currently schmooze the FIFA board in Zurich ahead of Thursday afternoon’s decision, punters would do well to take the 15/8 on offer for England to host the 2018 World Cup.
Panorama highlighted the greed creeping through FIFA and with the knowledge that England would provide the biggest financial gain were they to host the 2018 World Cup finals, it’s hard to see the FIFA executive members voting against England.
Having opened in the World Cup 2018 betting market at 8/13, England had drifted to 3/1 after the Panorama expose but have now been backed in again to 15/8.
Russia had touched 8/11 in the betting market but are now available at 5/6 after a report by management consultants McKinsey for FIFA found Russia to be the least safe and least profitable bid.
The 2010 World Cup champions may find themselves winning their second World Cup in six months as the Spain and Portugal joint bid secures momentum.
At 3/1 to win the bid, Spain and Portugal offer plenty of value if Eduardo Deluca’s (general secretary of the South American federation) boasts that Spain and Portugal have secured the South American votes are true.
The Qatari president of the Asian federation, Mohammed Bin Hammam, has also pledged his support to the Spain and Portugal bid.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted he doesn’t like joint bids which could be the reason why the Holland & Belgium bid is as big as 28/1 to be successful.
But the Iberian bid is more than a dark horse as the voting draws nearer.
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