The president of the organizing committee of the Euro 2024, Philipp Lahm, has rejected FIFA’s proposal to hold a Biennial World Cup, in sync with the European championship. The former Bavarian side has declared this Tuesday at the presentation of the logo of the next European Championship at the Olympic Stadium in Berlin that “The rhythm must remain the current & rdquor ;.
Lahm is committed to the continuity of the model, that is, to play a great tournament of selections every two years without overlapping. “As a player, it always seemed good to me, and as an amateur, also & rdquor ;, has sentenced the German on the subject.
The proposal for a revolution in the selection calendar started from Arsène Wenger. However, in the face of an avalanche of criticism against the controversial proposal, FIFA consulted the 200 national federations last Thursday about their position regarding the initiative in the framework of a virtual summit. The UEFA leads the opposition to the project. In November, the world body will publish a report and organize another meeting of the same characteristics in order to debate the proposal and its possible approval.
The world champion in 2014 has defended the project of a Euro 2024, with slight modifications for the 10 cities that will act as headquarters: “It will be a Euro for everyone and we look forward to welcoming fans from all over Europe and the world to Germany for a great soccer party together.