Beckham, as announced by the English in its own web application, will lead an official delegation will be composed of five persons and will present its dossier to FIFA president, Sepp Blatter, in the second presentation. Former England captain David Beckham, who is recovering from a serious injury, will be in the entourage of England's bid to be delivered on Friday to FIFA in Zurich on dossier to host the Football World Cup 2018 or 2022. Beckham, as announced by the English in its own web application, will lead an official delegation will be composed of five persons and will present its dossier to the president of FIFA, Sepp Blatter, in the second presentation.
The eligible candidates for the World Cup 2018 or 2022 are the joint Spain-Portugal and the Netherlands, Belgium, with individuals from Australia, United States England, Japan, Russia. Qatar and the Republic of Korea only do it for the 2022 edition.
Australia will be the first to deposit its dossier at the headquarters of FIFA, followed by England, Holland / Belgium, Japan, Republic of Korea, Qatar, Russia (2:45 p.m.), Spain / Portugal (3:30 p.m.) and U.S. (4:15 p.m. .)
The FIFA Executive Committee elected on 2 December, the locations of both championships. "This is fantastic news that the timing of David has allowed to present our bid to head in Zurich. No one represents us better than David. He is a fantastic footballer and a global model, "said the chairman of the English Football Association, David Triesman.
Beckham, who plays for LA Galaxy on loan during last winter at Milan, had surgery March 15 at the clinic Mehiläinen of Turku (Finland) from a torn Achilles tendon in his left leg, which will force to miss World Cup South Africa 2010.