Is anyone else confused by the England 2018 World Cup bid? I mean I can get my head round the idea that we are bidding for it but I don't get what could possibly costing us this much money.
The figures being thrown around in this article are, frankly, ridiculous. The idea that someons is being paid £100,000 a year to hep us bid for, not even plan, a World Cup is unbelievable. England is not a difficult country to sell in footballing terms, we have fans, stadia, transport links and security. Why millions of pounds need to be spent for a bit of corporate schmoozing for the suits over at Fifa is a bit beyond me.
Sepp Blatter is constantly seen to make noises endorsing one candidate and then another, clearly it is in his interest to draw out these campaigns so that Fifa's profile is raised along with his own. As sporting bodies go Fifa is only second to FIA in terms of how much of a sham it is. The introduction of seeding halfway through the current World Cup Qualification process has shown the favour given to bigger nations.
No wonder people baulk at the financial numbers in football when things like this are so accepted thy fly under the radar.
(Oh and I'm sorry this post wasn't about either Chelsea or Manchester United. 
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