{"id":259708,"date":"2025-07-12T19:19:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259708\/"},"modified":"2025-07-12T19:19:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T19:19:10","slug":"its-not-worth-it-spains-malaga-pulls-out-as-host-city-of-2030-fifa-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/259708\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018It\u2019s not worth it\u2019: Spain\u2019s Malaga pulls out as host city of 2030 FIFA World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>THE 2030 FIFA World Cup will no longer be coming to the Costa del Sol after Malaga withdrew its candidacy to be a host city for the tournament, jointly hosted by Spain, Portugal and Morocco.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mayor Francisco de la Torre announced the move in a press conference on Saturday morning, citing viability issues regarding renovation of Malaga CF\u2019s La Rosaleda stadium.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Malaga was one of nine cities put forward by the Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) to host the tournament, alongside A Coru\u00f1a, Barcelona, Bilbao, Las Palmas, Madrid, San Sebastian, Sevilla and Zaragoza.<\/p>\n<p>But the city is no longer in the running, with plans to expand La Rosaleda and find an alternative ground for Malaga CF in the meantime grinding to a halt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is not worth it,\u201d declared de la Torre, accompanied by representatives from the Junta de Andalucia and Provincial Council.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis isn\u2019t about money. It\u2019s about doing what is best for the club, the fans and the city,\u201d the mayor said. \u201cWe don\u2019t want Malaga CF to spend two seasons without their supporters. Either we damage the club or withdraw in a way that would hurt Spain\u2019s image.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/spain-news\/2025\/01\/30\/spain-morocco-tunnel-latest-completion-hopes-dashed-for-2030-world-cup-amid-reports-of-decade-long-delay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain-Morocco tunnel latest: Completion hopes dashed for 2030 World Cup amid reports of \u2018decade-long\u2019 delay<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">El alcalde de M\u00e1laga confirma que la ciudad renuncia a ser sede del Mundial 2030.<br \/>Un completo rid\u00edculo del Ayuntamiento, Junta de Andaluc\u00eda y la Diputaci\u00f3n. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gyP42vXk2R\">pic.twitter.com\/gyP42vXk2R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Niporwifi \u00a9 (@niporwifi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/niporwifi\/status\/1943977641410785576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 12, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe most responsible thing is to withdraw Malaga\u2019s candidacy for the 2030 World Cup,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The decision opens the doorway for Valencia, the likely favourites to replace Malaga as a host city.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Valencia CF announced the club had secured the full \u20ac322 million funding required for a new stadium, set to be one of the largest in Europe with over 70,000 seats, nearly 10% of which will be hospitality.<\/p>\n<p>Another alternative would be Vigo in Galicia, which had been mooted as a potential host city but ultimately failed to make the cut.<\/p>\n<p>Many fans and locals have been left disappointed by the move. Writing on X, one said: \u201cIt\u2019s about time that those who decided to submit the candidacy and those who backed it be sacked or resign.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another added: \u201cWhat a disappointment [\u2026] In this city, they only patch things up, they don\u2019t think about the future, and now we lose the chance to be a World Cup host.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Click here to read more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theolivepress.es\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain News<\/a> from The Olive Press.<\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE 2030 FIFA World Cup will no longer be coming to the Costa del Sol after Malaga withdrew&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259709,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[99596,9882,2000,299,99597,7707,18104,8626,104,4205,18106,1514],"class_list":{"0":"post-259708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-2030-fifa-world-cup","9":"tag-costa-del-sol","10":"tag-eu","11":"tag-europe","12":"tag-la-rosaleda","13":"tag-malaga","14":"tag-news-spain","15":"tag-newspaper","16":"tag-spain","17":"tag-spain-football","18":"tag-the-olive-press","19":"tag-world-cup"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114841882682672181","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}