🗣️ FIFA rebuffs Morocco over the World Cup final | OneFootball

Fouzi Lekjaa, the top figure in Moroccan football, stated at a PAM election rally that the 2030 World Cup final will be played at the Grand Stade Hassan II in Casablanca, which is still under construction.

FIFA, however, has responded.

A FIFA spokesperson referred MARCA and As to its statement from August 5, 2026, insisting that the decision on the host venue for the 2030 World Cup final will be made "in due course."

The political backdrop is significant. Infantino is going through an internal crisis at FIFA after withdrawing his plan to sell private investors a stake in future World Cup revenues, and 'The Times' had already linked his growing closeness to Morocco to that power struggle.

The diplomatic situation between Spain and Morocco after the migration crisis in Ceuta also does not create the best atmosphere between the two nations.

Let us remember that Marca reported on August 5 that Infantino had allegedly offered the final to Morocco, a version the Moroccan federation has not denied. FIFA, for its part, is maintaining the same ambiguous response it gave at the time.

The 2030 World Cup will be hosted by Spain, Portugal, and Morocco, with Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay staging their national teams' opening matches to mark the centenary of 1930.

FIFA will now have to clear up the uncertainty over the venues, including that of the final, in the coming months.

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