Already Gaet Lionel Messi And Bring Cristiano Ronaldo, Saudi Arabia Withdraws From The 2030 World Cup Host Candidate?

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JAKARTA - Saudi Arabia is one of the candidates for the 2030 World Cup host bidding. However, recently it was rumored that they had resigned.

Quoted from Marca on Friday, June 23, the Saudi Arabian government through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday, June 22 local time has taken a stand regarding the nomination to host the 2030 World Cup.

Marca's source said that Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Saudi Arabia had communicated with countries that would previously be invited to work together to hold the 2030 World Cup.

"Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud has contacted at the last moment with Greece and Egypt to inform them that they eventually gave up and did not participate in the 2030 World Cup nomination," Marca wrote in her narration.

Rumors circulated that Saudi Arabia canceled its participation in the 2030 World Cup host nomination because of its self-awareness, said a source. Apart from Saudi Arabia, there are Spain, Portugal, Morocco who are strong candidates.

"It (the cancellation of the nomination plan) was caused by the power of the project led by Spain and Portugal," the report said.

"After studying the details of the possibility, Saudi Arabia came to the conclusion that this is impossible to do to compete with Spain, Portugal, Morocco after seeing the performance of the three countries," Marca continued.

So far Spain's toughest rival, Portugal, Morocco is a combination of four Latin American countries namely Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile, which are predicted to also be contestants.

Saudi Arabia's withdrawal from the 2030 World Cup host nomination plan will have an unfavorable impact on themselves. This is because recently the Petro Dollar country has been aggressively introducing itself to all over the world.

Moreover, the kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also intensively penetrating football. This was proven by their seriousness in revitalizing the green field industry by bringing in a number of soccer stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Karim Benzema, and other players to domestic clubs.

Not only that, Saudi Arabia even specifically recruited Lionel Messi to promote local tourism. La Pulga was even asked to become a tourism ambassador for the rich country.