Miguel Delaney

And it just shows the kind of power balance here.

Also,

In his press conference there, Infantino had this pre-prepared line about how it was Dan Roan of the BBC that asked the question.

And Infantino immediately leapt on that to say, if England gets to host the 2035 World Cup, you wouldn't want FIFA, you know, overruling your laws.

Now, I know that's a pre-prepared line because people in FIFA were giving it to me the day before.

And it's nonsense.

It's evasive because, I mean, like that just takes it as if it is some cause and effect situation where FIFA just...

look to override what actually happens, when the opposite is true.

This is a controversy because FIFA have contractual provisions about guarantees of entry when the World Cup is awarded.

And all these sort of situations are supposed to be facilitated in that build-up from these relationships.

And in public, at least, FIFA have never had a strong relationship as they do with, or at least Interventino doesn't, with Donald Trump.

i mean that's i suppose it's beyond the tourism issue isn't it this is what america has evolved into over the past 30 years i mean i'm actually sitting in new jersey now and remember this was a big theme of the final season of the sopranos we just kind of america is but that like this is this is what's becoming kind of a come on economy where you're being they just attempt to gouge you at every situation even in basic things for fans i've already noticed here compared to previous trips to america about in the past you know where you

you're paying one price for something which is already high and it's only by the time you actually pay for it there's all sorts of other add-ons and requests for tips and look fair enough and kind of like requests for tips given you know it's such a standard but obviously some of the kind of pressure about tips uh evolves from you know well paying practices here and what the economy and commercial and approaches are and yeah it does Sarah the experience obviously as well

There's another element to this.

I mean, given everything about this World Cup is about how it's the biggest ever, supersized, that even amounts to revenues.

The big question is,

And where there's real uncertainty, and people in FIFA are really nervous about this, whether it'll come anywhere close to something that is, it's kind of remarkable this remains true, but USA 24, as you mentioned there, that has record attendance for a World Cup.

And it wasn't just in terms of numbers sold, but also the percentages of people, or percentages of seats taken, where I think it was over 98%.

Are we really going to see that at this World Cup?

I mean, it feels like, as you're saying, the experience is one of many elements that could put people off.