The 2030 World Football Championship must be held in Spain. The would-be prime minister threatens to withdraw from the three-country co-organizer otherwise

The Spanish congressional election, which will be held at the end of this month, is entering its final stages. Alberto Núñez Feijóo, the leader of the largest opposition party (PP), which leads the polls, made a shocking statement that if the 2030 FIFA World Cup championship tournament co-organized by the three countries is not held in Spain, Spain should withdraw from co-hosting the event.

The 2030 FIFA World Cup will be co-hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco. On the evening of the 5th, Feho said in an interview with the Spanish TV program "El Chiringuito": "The World Cup final must be held in a fair, appropriate and unquestionable place: Spain." When asked if he would advocate Spain, which won this year's World Cup champion, to withdraw from co-hosting the 2030 World Cup with two other countries if the final was decided to be held in Morocco, Feho replied: "Yes. The answer is (I) will."

On the 6th, Feho posted on X to reiterate: "The hegemon of international football (referring to Spain) cannot be humiliated."

The three countries in Spain and Portugal that will co-host the 2030 FIFA World Cup are currently vying to be the venue for the championship. Among them, Spain has the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, the home of the football club "Real Madrid", and Morocco is planning to build a stadium with a capacity of 115,000 people in Benslimane near Casablanca, which is considered to have a good chance of winning.

In September this year, Morocco Football Association President Lekja, who supports FIFA President Gianni Infantino, said that "whether some people are happy or not", the championship match, the highlight of the World Football Championship, will be held in Morocco. However, FIFA stated that it has not yet been decided where the 2030 World Cup final will be played.

In addition to the dispute over the venue for the World Football Finals, Spain and Morocco have also had tense relations over immigration issues. In July this year, tens of thousands of immigrants crossed the border from Morocco and entered the Spanish enclave of Ceuta in North Africa. At that time, Fejo accused Morocco of being the driving force behind the "invasion" of immigrants and vowed that he would be tough on Morocco after becoming Spain's prime minister.

On the 6th, Luis de la Fuente, the head coach of the Spanish national football team who led the team to win the World Cup, echoed Fejo's position and reiterated that he also believes that the 2030 World Cup finals should be held in Spain, but emphasized that his focus is to build a competitive team that can win the World Cup again.