Gareth Southgate questions ‘integrity’ of 2030 World Cup format

“My big thing is I don’t quite get the integrity of the competition,” Southgate said. “You would have to play one game… I’d need to see it all laid out but my understanding is three matches played in South America, then those teams have to travel across the globe, change timezone again, and pick up the competition with home advantage in one part of the group and not another part.

“I know we had that a little bit with the last Euros, but that would seem quite disjointed and a different landscape for different teams in different groups. So yeah, what I’ve seen it, I’m not a fan.

“Argentina in Buenos Aires would not be great. Logically, you could play Argentina in Buenos Aires and have to travel back. There is a big difference between playing Argentina in Buenos Aires and playing them in Casablanca. So, that is a significant change to the competition.”

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