The meida are a joke. 4 other papers turned this story down because of its potential implications, yet the Mail on Sunday decide to report it as news that people might actually care about. Does anybody care if the the FA Chairman said Spain might withdraw their 2018 bid if Russia helped them bribe referees at the WC? I know I don't. The only thing Triesman did wrong was trusting some slag who wanted to make a few quid.

I doubt this will affect the bid too much though. It might have pissed off a few other national FA's, particularly the Russian and Spanish ones who might not vote England's way. But like Hammer said, theres much more important things to consider then this little episode