Champions League giants ‘ready to WITHDRAW 70,460-seater stadium from hosting World Cup’

ATLETICO MADRID are prepared to pull out of hosting games at the 2030 World Cup, reports claim.

As many as 23 venues have been proposed for the biggest show in sport in five years’ time- which will be held across a record SIX countries.

Spain, Portugal and Morocco will be the main hosts in 2030 in a year where the World Cup will celebrate its 100th anniversary.

It is the first time the competition will be played in Spain for 48 years, and its first time ever in the latter two.

For its centenary celebrations, the first three matches of the 2030 World Cup will be held in Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay.

This is to commemorate the first World Cup final in 1930, where hosts Uruguay beat Argentina 4-2 in the final.

The final venues for the tournament have not been confirmed, although most grounds are bidding for a spot.

But Atletico Madrid are reportedly shelving their 2030 World Cup hosting bid.

The LaLiga club won’t push for the Metropolitano to be one of the 32 stadium venues, according to Spanish outlet Relevo.

It comes as Fifa requires stadiums to be available more than a month before the 2030 tournament for its preparations.

But Atletico are keen to exploit the commercial benefits of hosting concerts and events during the peak summer calendar.

Reports claim that Atletico would lose around £20million by not being able to use its stadium during June and July.

And club believe that hosting one or two group stage matches is not worth losing out on the concert money.

Meanwhile, Atletico are also predicting that they’ll likely play second fiddle to fierce city rivals Real Madrid in 2030.

The new and iconic Bernabeu will compete with Barcelona’s Nou Camp to host the World Cup final.

Meanwhile, Valencia’s Nou Mestalla Stadium is set to have its World Cup hosting rights restored after work restarted following 16 years.

The skeleton of what had been dubbed “the world’s best stadium” had been lying dormant as construction work halted in 2009.

The aim is to complete the 70,000-capacity stadium by the summer of 2027 after the club unveiled its sixth set of plans since the original announcement in 2006.

And the president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF), Rafael Louzan, has now suggested the ground will be one considered for 2030.

Meanwhile. the Metropolitano has all-but been confirmed as the host stadium for the 2027 Champions League final, according to the president of the Spanish football federation (RFEF).