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Greg Dyke
will consult the FA's lawyers
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The Football Association
is to consult its lawyers after suspended FIFA president Sepp Blatter's
stunning disclosure that there was an agreement fixed for the 2018 World Cup to
go to Russia even before the vote took place.
The
FA spent £21million on England's 2018 failed bid including £2.5million public
money from local authorities, and its chairman Greg Dyke told MPs it would be
"very nice" to get that money back. Spain/Portugal and
Belgium/Holland also spent significant sums on bidding.
Blatter
told Russian news agency TASS that the tournament was always lined up to go to
Russia with the 2022 World Cup to be held in the USA - until Michel Platini
decided to throw his weight behind Qatar. Australia, Japan and South Korea
almost spent tens of million of pounds on bidding for 2022.
