UEFA ‘could remove’ Italy from Euro 2032 hosting over stadium concerns | OneFootball

UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin has warned Italy it could lose its Euro 2032 co-hosting role with Türkiye because of the condition of its stadiums.

"Euro 2032 is scheduled and will happen, that is certain. I hope Italian infrastructure will be ready. If not, the tournament will not be played in Italy," said Aleksander Ceferin, speaking to Gazzetta dello Sport.

"Italian political leaders should perhaps ask themselves why Italian football infrastructure is among the worst in Europe," he said.

The remarks also touched on the Nazionale, eliminated on Tuesday for the third straight time in World Cup play-offs. "Italy is one of the most important countries in football and would return to the top," he said. "The most important problem of Italian football is the relationship between football politics and 'normal' politics."

Italy was due to pick in October 2026 the five stadiums that will host Euro 2032 matches. The 11 bids came from Rome, Florence, Bologna, Verona, Milan, Genoa, Bari, Naples, Turin, Cagliari and Palermo.

Two bids depend on new builds. In Milan, Inter and AC Milan have launched plans for a new San Siro. Last month Rome’s city council approved an AS Roma stadium in Pietralata from 2027, though a long administrative process could delay both projects and slow the modernisation of an obsolete stadium stock.

Source: Le Progres