Yipe from another article I read assembling the AWs together ain't cheap. But given about 70% of a full strength squad now play in Europe, the flight costs at least will be cheap playing a game(s) on the Continent. And you'd also imagine federations like the Danish & French would be pretty flush, maybe offering to cover all costs.
Think a fair number of the Tunisian team also play in Europe (France especially) so you could likely organise a game in France, Spain or wherever pretty cheapest.
Don't FIFA also contribute alot of cash to help all qualified countries with their WC preps, so making sure no one is at a financial/preparation disadvantage?
NZF also made big cashflow saving with no International Teams expenditure basically from about March 2020 to August 2021 (the Olympics). So why not spend some of that cash saved back then, early in the new WC cycle? That's one argument. Also I read from memory NZF have increased their commercial revenue (sponsors?) by about 30% - which reflects well on Pragnell & Co.
On every social media platform I've had a quick gander at, the consistent refrain. We want this AWs team playing games more often, and lets not waste the momentum of the last few weeks.
Think a fair number of the Tunisian team also play in Europe (France especially) so you could likely organise a game in France, Spain or wherever pretty cheapest.
Don't FIFA also contribute alot of cash to help all qualified countries with their WC preps, so making sure no one is at a financial/preparation disadvantage?
NZF also made big cashflow saving with no International Teams expenditure basically from about March 2020 to August 2021 (the Olympics). So why not spend some of that cash saved back then, early in the new WC cycle? That's one argument. Also I read from memory NZF have increased their commercial revenue (sponsors?) by about 30% - which reflects well on Pragnell & Co.
On every social media platform I've had a quick gander at, the consistent refrain. We want this AWs team playing games more often, and lets not waste the momentum of the last few weeks.