Euro 2028: UK and Ireland football associations confident they will host tournament | Football News

The football associations in the UK and Ireland are confident they will be confirmed as joint hosts of Euro 2028 later this week, Sky Sports News has been told, with currently no rival bids to host the tournament.

The deadline for nations to lodge their “expression of interest” with UEFA is Wednesday.

UEFA will then announce the official bidders to go forward on April 5 – but if the UK and Ireland are the only option on the table, they will be confirmed as hosts two days later during a vote at UEFA’s Exco meeting on April 7.

Further deadlines for proof of Government support and funding are then due later this year.

Italy looked as though they would offer the stiffest competition as hosts, but it now looks increasingly likely they will bid instead for the next Euros, in 2032.

A planned bid from Russia is a non-starter, due to the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine and the country’s exile from global sport.

Turkey could yet put forward a bid before Wednesday’s deadline, but it’s thought UEFA officials have not received any indication that a bid is likely.

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