Rafael Louzán leads FIFA meeting, rules out final outside Spain

Rafael Louzán, president of the RFEF, led the meeting with FIFA members who inspected the Bernabéu this Thursday. The federation conveyed that it does not consider a World Cup 2030 final outside Spain. Additionally, it was confirmed that Valencia and Vigo will be examined as candidates.

Inspection and candidacy agenda

Rafael Louzán received the FIFA delegation that inspected the Bernabéu in its inspection round for the candidate cities for the 2030 World Cup.

The summit was taken very seriously as the number and venues that will be present at the 2030 World Cup were being set.

The top official of Spanish football did not travel with the national team to Prague to attend that meeting, where the final with Morocco was also discussed.

At the RFEF, Louzán was accompanied by Secretary General Álvaro de Miguel and Eduard Dervishaj, international director and tournament manager, while FIFA was represented by Operations Chief Heimo Schirgi and competitions director Manuel Zubiria.

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The RFEF informed FIFA members that it would not understand the final being held outside Spain, citing the sentiment of Spanish society and statements from presidential candidate Alberto Núñez Feijoo, who said that Spain could withdraw from the organization if the final were not awarded to the country.

The meeting confirmed that Valencia and Vigo will enter the race to be part of the World Cup and will be examined as additional candidates.

It was indicated that an inspection could take place before the end of the year.

So far, only the cities included in the candidacy dossier have been visited: Barcelona (Camp Nou and RCDE Stadium), the Basque Country (San Mamés and Anoeta) and Zaragoza (Romareda).

This Thursday was assigned to the Bernabéu and on Friday the Metropolitano will be inspected.