BLATTER BACKS UK BID FOR 2030

DISGRACED former FIFA president Sepp Blatter has backed a potential bid by the United Kingdom to host the 2030 World Cup. Blatter attended yesterday’s match between Portugal and Morocco, despite currently serving a six-year ban from football for a £1.35m payment in 2011 to then UEFA president Michel Platini. ‘I think England deserve to organise the World Cup,’ he said. ‘Wales and Scotland together, why not Ireland? I think they’ll be confident.’