UEFA dismissed reports that its President Michel Platini promised Turkey it will host the 2020 European Championship.
UEFA said “unfounded statements” appeared in Turkish media suggesting Platini assured Turkish football officials they would win with their fourth successive bid.
UEFA said the Euro 2020 bidding process hasn’t started, nor a timetable agreed, The Associated Press reported.
Earlier this week, Türker Arslan, the vice chairman of Turkey’s National Olympic Committee (TMOK), said during a panel in Antalya that the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Mehmet Ali Aydınlar got the word from Platini, the head of the continental governing body of the game.
Earlier, a key figure in Turkey’s Olympic Committee claimed Turkey has got an unofficial promise from the UEFA President, Michel Platini, to host the 2020 European Football Championships.
Türker Arslan, the vice chairman of Turkey’s National Olympic Committee (TMOK), said during a panel in Antalya that the Turkish Football Federation (TFF) chairman Mehmet Ali Aydınlar got the word from Platini, the head of the continental governing body of the game.
“Mr. Aydınlar has told me that UEFA President Platini promised him that Turkey will host Euro 2020,” Arslan said. “They really believe that they will win the bid.”
